Haemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia - An experience in the eastern indian state of orissa

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 214-216

  Chhotray, G P ^a   Dash, B P ^a   Ranjit, M R ^a   Cohla, Roshan B ^b   Mohanty, D ^b  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TARGET CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDIA; MALE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0038310137     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070976     Document Type: Article

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