Enhanced haemolysis with β-thalassaemia trait due to the unstable β chain variant, Hb Gunma, accompanied by hereditary elliptocytosis due to protein 4.1 deficiency in a Japanese family

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 193-197

  Maehara, Tadashi ^a,d   Tsukamoto, Norifumi ^a   Nojima, Yoshihisa ^a   Karasawa, Masamitsu ^a   Murakami, Hirokazu ^a   Hattori, Yukio ^b   Ideguchi, Hiroshi ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Haemolytic anaemia; Hb Gunma; Hereditary elliptocytosis; Protein 4.1 deficiency

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; HEMOGLOBIN; SPECTRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HEMOLYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0036229650     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03338.x     Document Type: Article

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