Hemoglobin H disease in Guangxi province, Southern China: Clinical review of 357 patients

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-91

  Yin, Xiao Llin ^a   Zhang, Xin Hua ^a   Zhou, Tian Hong ^a   Zhang, Tian Lang ^a   Luo, Rui Gui ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Zhou, Ya Li ^a   Chen, Yong Sheng ^a   Kong, Xiang Jin ^a   Liang, Bo ^a   He, Yuan Yuan ^a   Peng, Lin ^a   Lu, Li Biao ^a   Fang, Su Ping ^b   Wu, Zhi Kui ^b  

^a The 303rd Hospital of PLA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Guangxi province; Hemoglobin H disease; Human globin genes

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954551109     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314058     Document Type: Article

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