Flow cytometric analysis of fetal hemoglobin in erythroid precursors of β-thalassemia

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Amoyal, I ^a   Fibach, E ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erythroid precursors; Fetal hemoglobin; Flow cytometry; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN F; NUCLEIC ACID; THIAZOLE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RETICULOCYTES; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 2942607675     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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