Hb H hydrops foetalis syndrome: A case report and review of literature

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-78

  Lorey, Fred ^a   Charoenkwan, Pimlak ^b,g   Witkowska, H Ewa ^c,h   Lafferty, John ^b   Patterson, Margaret ^b   Eng, Barry ^b   Waye, John S ^b   Finklestein, Jerry Z ^d,e   Chui, David H K ^b,f  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Ambiguous genitalia; Hb H disease; Hydrops foetalis; Unstable haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 16; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; GENE DELETION; GENITALIA; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEONATAL SCREENING; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034778460     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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