Flow cytometric analysis of hydroxyurea effects on fetal hemoglobin production in cultures of β-thalassemia erythroid precursors

Hemoglobin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Amoyal, Ilana ^a   Goldfarb, Ada ^a   Fibach, Eitan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erythroid precursors; Fetal hemoglobin (Hb F); Flow cytrometric analysis; Hydroxyurea (HU); Thalassemia (thal)

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; GLYCOPHORIN A; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CELL LEVEL; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LIQUID CULTURE; MALE; PARAMETER; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038246435     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120021539     Document Type: Article

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