Thalassemia intermedia due to co-inheritance of β0/β +-thalassemia and (--SEA) α-thalassemia/Hb Westmead [α122(H5)His > Gln (α2)] in a Chinese family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Wong, Wai Shan ^a   Chan, Amy Y Y ^a   Yip, Sze Fai ^b   Ma, Edmond Shiu Kwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

and thalassemia interaction; Genotype phenotype correlation; Hb Westmead; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN WESTMEAD; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHINA; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; GLUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 2442687966     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120035917     Document Type: Article

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