Hemoglobin profiles and hematologic features of thalassemic newborns: Application to screening of α-thalassemia 1 and hemoglobin E

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1739-1745

  Tritipsombut, Jaruwan ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Fucharoen, Supan ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a   Siriratmanawong, Nirut ^b   Pinmuang ngam, Charnchai ^b   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Regional Health Center 8   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 55549087901     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/1543-2165-132.11.1739     Document Type: Article

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