The association of Hb Khartoum [β124(H2)Pro→Arg] with γ+- thalassemia is responsible for hemolytic disease in the newborn of a Sudanese family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-45

  Bayoumi, R A ^a   Dawodu, A ^b   Qureshi, M M ^b   Al Khider, A ^c   Fitzgerald, P ^c   Riou, J ^d   Fisher, C A ^e   Fitches, A ^e   Old, J M ^e  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hb Khartoum; Hemoglobinopathy; Point mutations; Sudan; Unstable Hb; thal

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN KHARTOUM; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLOBIN GENE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALE; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUDAN; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0033065589     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269908996146     Document Type: Article

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