Hemoglobin E-β-thalassemia: Progress report from the International Study Group

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 33-39

  Premawardhena, Anuja ^a   De Silver, Shanthimala ^b   Arambepola, Mahinda ^c   Olivieri, Nancy F ^d   Vichinsky, Elliott P ^e   Merson, Laura ^d   Muraco, Giulia ^d   Allen, Angela ^f   Fisher, Christopher ^f   Peto, Timothy ^f   Weatherall, David J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LADY RIDGEWAY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Sri Lanka)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin E; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SRI LANKA; STEADY STATE;

EID: 29744453275     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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