Influence of α-thalassemia on cholelithiasis in SS patients with elevated Hb F

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-150

  Haider, M Z ^a   Ashebu, S ^a   Aduh, P ^a   Adekile, A D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Cholelithiasis; Gallstones; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032436366     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040890     Document Type: Article

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