Erythrocytosis due to a combination of the high oxygen affinity hemoglobin variant, Hb olympia [β20(B2)Val→Met] with β- And α-Thalassemia mutations: First case in the literature

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-388

  Kalotychou, Vassiliki ^a   Tzanetea, Revekka ^a   Konstantopoulos, Kostas ^a   Papassotiriou, Ioannis ^b   Rombos, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

0 Thalassemia ( 0 thal); 0 Thalassemia ( 0 thal); Erythrocytosis; Hb Olympia

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN OLYMPIA; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYNCOPE; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOSIS; TINNITUS;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OXYGEN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77954836650     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2010.486331     Document Type: Article

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