Significance of borderline hemoglobin A2 values in an Italian population with a high prevalence of β-thalassemia

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1380-1384

  Giambona, Antonino ^a   Passarello, Cristina ^a   Vinciguerra, Margherita ^a   Li Muli, Rita ^a   Teresi, Pietro ^b   Anzà, Maurizio ^b   Ruggeri, Gaetano ^b   Renda, Disma ^a   Maggio, Aurelio ^a,c  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ASL n6   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Vincenzo Cervello   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Carrier screening; HbA2 borderline

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 50849139553     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.12840     Document Type: Article

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