Hemoglobin H disease induced by the common SEA deletion and the rare hemoglobin Quong Sze in a Thai female: Longitudinal clinical course, molecular characterization, and development of a PCR/RFLP-based detection method

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 659-663

  Sura, Thanyachai ^a   Trachoo, Objoon ^a   Viprakasit, Vip ^b   Vathesatogkit, Prin ^a   Tunteeratum, Atchara ^a   Busabaratana, Manisa ^a   Wisedpanichkij, Raewadee ^a   Isarangkura, Parttraporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hb H disease; Hb Quong Sze; Hemoglobinopathy; Nondeletional thalassemia; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE DELETION; THAILAND;

EID: 34547559606     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0303-9     Document Type: Article

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