Hb H disease due to homozygosity for a rare α2-globin variant, Hb Sallanches

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Warang, Prashant ^a   Nair, Sona ^a   Nadkarni, Anita ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Hb H disease; Hb Sallanches; India

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBIN; ALPHA GLOBIN; FERRITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MICROCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTOSIS;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 76449119436     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630260903547526     Document Type: Article

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