Severe intrauterine anemia: A new form of εγγδβ thalassemia presenting in utero in a Norwegian family

Haematologica

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1157-1159

  Brantberg, Anne ^a   Eik Nes, Sturla H ^a   Roberts, Nigel ^b   Fisher, Chris ^b   Wood, William G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrauterine anemia; Norwegian family; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CORDOCENTESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THALASSEMIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049142287     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.007534     Document Type: Article

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