Familial polycythemia caused by a novel mutation in the beta globin gene: Essential role of P50 in evaluation of familial polycythemia

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 232-236

  Agarwal, Neeraj ^a   Mojica Henshaw, Mariluz P ^a   Simmons, Elizabeth D ^b   Hussey, Dottie ^c   Ou, Ching N ^d   Prchal, Josef T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation of P50; High affinity Hb; Polycythemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN JOHNSTOWN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; CASE REPORT; CODON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYCYTHEMIA;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OXYGEN; POLYCYTHEMIA;

EID: 35748972644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4.232     Document Type: Article

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