Hb valletta [β87(F3)Thr→Pro] and Hb marseillelong island [β2(NA2)His→pro; (1)met-(1)val-(2)pro-leu], in a unique compound heterozygote with a normal hemoglobin phenotype

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-174

  Galdies, Ruth ^a,b   Cassar, Wilhelmina ^a,b   Pizzuto, Monica ^a,b   Scerri, Christian A ^a,b   Felice, Nicholas ^b   Cassar, Olivianne A ^b   Buttigieg, George ^b   Felice, Alex E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Globin chromatography; Hb F Malta I; Hb MarseilleLong Island; Hb Valletta; Hemoglobin (Hb); Identification

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN MARSEILLE; HEMOGLOBIN VALLETA; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VALLETTA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BETA-GLOBINS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HEMORRHAGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALTA; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950476777     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630261003673675     Document Type: Article

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