Compound heterozygosity for Hb Korle-Bu (β73; Asp-Asn) and Hb E (β26; Glu-Lys) with a 3.7-kb deletional α-thalassemia in Thai patients

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 389-393

  Changtrakun, Y ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Ayukarn, K ^b   Siriratmanawong, N ^a   Fucharoen, G ^a   Sanchaisuriya, K ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Clinical Laboratory Department   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; Allele specific PCR; Hemoglobin E; Hemoglobin Korle Bu

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA GLOBIN; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GLOBIN; CELLULOSE ACETATE; DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; LYSINE; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTHER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; THAILAND;

EID: 0036939560     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0485-0     Document Type: Article

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