Molecular and clinical features of Hb H disease in northern Thailand

Hemoglobin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Charoenkwan, Pimlak ^a   Taweephon, Rawee ^a   Sae Tung, Rattika ^a   Thanarattanakorn, Pattra ^a   Sanguansermsri, Torpong ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); AEBart's disease; Hb H disease; Northern Thailand

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPLEEN SIZE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POINT MUTATION; THAILAND;

EID: 18844409532     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-200058583     Document Type: Article

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