A novel epsilon gamma delta beta thalassemia presenting with pregnancy complications and severe neonatal anemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Shalev, Hanna ^a   Landau, Daniela ^a   Pissard, Serge ^b   Krasnov, Tanya ^c   Kapelushnik, Joseph ^a   Gilad, Oded ^c   Broides, Arnon ^a   Dgany, Orly ^b   Tamary, Hannah ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Microcytosis; Neonatal anemia; Oligohydramnios; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPSILON GAMMA DELTA BETA THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTOSIS; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; ARABS; BETA-GLOBINS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INDEL MUTATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84872764419     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12047     Document Type: Article

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