Compound Heterozygous Hb TakHb e Causes Secondary Erythrocytosis in a Thai Family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Teawtrakul, Nattiya ^a   Sirijirachai, Chittima ^a   Chansung, Ganjana ^a   Fucharoen, Goonnapa ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hb Tak; High oxygen affinity hemoglobin; Secondary erythrocytosis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN TAK; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOP CODON; THAILAND;

BETA-GLOBINS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PEDIGREE; POLYCYTHEMIA; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950505606     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630261003680498     Document Type: Article

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