Erythroid bone marrow activity and red cell hemoglobinization in iron-sufficient β-thalassemia heterozygotes as reflected by soluble transferrin receptor and reticulocyte hemoglobin content. Correlation with genotypes and HB A2 levels

Haematologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-636

  Skarmoutsou, Christophille ^a   Papassotiriou, Ioannis ^a,b   Traeger Synodinos, Joanne ^a   Stamou, Helene ^a   Ladis, Vassilios ^a   Metaxotou Mavrommati, Anna ^a   Stamoulakatou, Alexandra ^a   Kanavakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

thalassemia heterozygotes; Reticulocyte hemoglobin content; Soluble transferrin receptors

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; IRON; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON SUFFICIENT BETA THALASSEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 0038803778     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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