Coexistence of Southeast Asian ovalocytosis and β-thalassemia: A molecular and hematological analysis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Singsanan, Sanita ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Osmotic fragility test; Southeast Asian ovalocytosis; Thalassemia screening

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE DELETION; THAILAND;

EID: 34247505559     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20818     Document Type: Article

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