The diagnostic dilemma of congenital unstable hemoglobinopathies

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1393-1395

  Yates, Amber M ^a   Mortier, Nicole A ^a   Hyde, Kristina S ^a   Hankins, Jane S ^a   Ware, Russell E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin electrophoresis; Hemolytic anemia; Unstable hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHINOCYTE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETICULOCYTE; RETICULOCYTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPHEROCYTOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BETA-GLOBINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78049252455     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22702     Document Type: Article

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