The coinheritance of β- and α-thalassemia: A review of one patient and her family

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Mast, Kelley J ^a   Hammond, Sue ^a   Qualman, Stephen J ^a   Kahwash, Samir B ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

thalassemia; thalassemia; Coinheritance; Thalassemia intermedia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANAMNESIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ERYTHROCYTES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77149150594     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.09002     Document Type: Review

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