Identification of Hb Q-India (α64 Asp → His) in Thailand

Hematology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Viprakasit, Vip ^a,b   Chingvhang, Worrawut ^a   Pung Amritt, Parichat ^a   Tanphaichitr, Voravarn S ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hb Q India; Hemoglobinopathy; thalassemia and ARMS PCR; Hemoglobin variant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND;

EID: 2542561197     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330310001652455     Document Type: Article

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