Acute haemolytic crisis in a Thai patient with homozygous haemoglobin Constants Spring (Hb CS/CS): A case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-328

  Viprakasit, Vip ^a   Veerakul, Gavivann ^a   Sanpakit, Kleebsabai ^a   Pongtanakul, Bunchoo ^a   Chinchang, Worrawut ^a   Tanphaichitr, Voravarn S ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALPHA GLOBIN; AMPICILLIN; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GUANINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; PARACETAMOL; THYMINE;

RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PALLOR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; STOP CODON; THAILAND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 11044237738     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225019145     Document Type: Article

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