Hb Bart's in cord blood: An accurate indicator of α-thalassemia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Rugless, Michelle J ^a   Fisher, Chris A ^a   Stephens, Adrian D ^b   Amos, Roger J ^c   Mohammed, Tanwir ^c   Old, John M ^d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); Cord blood; Hb Bart's ( 4); High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BART; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FETAL BLOOD; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33645047905     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260500454550     Document Type: Article

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