Evaluation of the free αα-hemoglobin pool in red blood cells: A new test providing a scale of ββ-thalassemia severity

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-202

  Vasseur, Corinne ^a   Pissard, Serge ^b,c   Domingues Hamdi, Elisa ^a   Marden, Michael C ^a   Galactéros, Frédéric ^b   Baudin Creuza, Véronique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM U955   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; BETA GLOBIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BINDING AFFINITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELUTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 78851471040     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21918     Document Type: Letter

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