Foetal haemoglobin in homozygous sickle cell disease: A study of patients with low hbf levels

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, Supplement

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 285-289

  Donaldson, A ^a   Thomas, P ^b   Serjeant, B E ^c   Serjeant, G R ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Haematology; HbF; Jamaica; Severity; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEADY STATE; THORAX DISEASE; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; GENE NUMBER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034781875     PISSN: 09603964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2001.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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