A second case of Hb Fontainebleau [α21(B2)Ala→Pro] in an individual with microcytosis

Hemoglobin

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 258-261

  Brennan, Stephen O ^a,b   Chan, Tim ^b   Ryken, Sheila ^c   Ruskova, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c Diagnostic Medlab   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

globin locus; Hb Fontainbleau; Mass spectrometry (MS)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN FONTAINBLEAU; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IRAQ; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYTOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROLINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 68849106452     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260903061135     Document Type: Article

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