The diverse molecular basis and hematological features of Hb H and AEBart's diseases in northeast Thailand

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Boonsa, Supap ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Wiangnon, Surapon ^b   Jetsrisuparb, Arunee ^b   Fucharoen, Supan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia; AEBart's disease; Hb Constant Spring; Hb H disease; Hb Paks

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEBART DISEASE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 1842509229     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076523     Document Type: Article

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