Case report of HbC/β0-thalassemia from India

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Kumar, S ^a   Rana, M ^a   Handoo, A ^a   Saxena, R ^a   Verma, I C ^a   Bhargava, M ^a   Sood, S K ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; HbC thalassemia; High performance liquid chromatography and Hb electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34548493450     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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