Haemoglobinopathies and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in a Scandinavian perspective

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-10

  Theodorsson, E ^a   Birgens, H ^b   Hagve, T A ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Medicinsk Afdeling   (Denmark)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

G6PD; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Haemoglobin; Haemoglobinopathies; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON OVERLOAD; MALARIA; MIGRATION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; SCANDINAVIA; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33846983949     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510601046359     Document Type: Review

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