Hb Q India: Is it always benign? [1]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-246

  Panigrahi, I ^a   Bajaj, J ^a   Chatterjee, T ^a   Saxena, R ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Pati, H P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN Q; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN Q TRAIT; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; JAUNDICE; LETTER; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 14644399144     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20240     Document Type: Letter

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