Atypical HbH disease in a Surinamese patient resulting from a combination of the -SEA and -α3.7 deletions with HbC heterozygosity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 801-805

  Giordano, P C ^a   Harteveld, C L ^a   Michiels, J J ^b   Terpstra, W ^b   Batelaan, D ^a   Van Delft, P ^a   Plug, R J ^a   Van Der Wielen, M J R ^a   Losekoot, M ^a   Bernini, L F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

haemoglobin; haemoglobinopathy; HbC; HbH disease; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN H;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 8044222152     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2093.x     Document Type: Article

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