Detection of β-thalassemia/hemoglobin E disease in samples which initially were diagnosed as homozygous hemoglobin E

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 693-697

  Pornprasert, Sakorn ^a   Moriyama, Asami ^b   Kongthai, Kanyakan ^c   Waneesorn, Jarurin ^d   Jaiping, Kanokwan ^e   Treesuwan, Kallayanee ^a   Hattori, Yukio ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Health Promoting Hospital   (Thailand)

^d Department of Medical Sciences   (Thailand)

^e Lamphun Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

thalassemia HbE disease; Haematological parameters; HbF; Homozygous HbE; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN E DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOMOZYGOUS HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84879371200     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2012.120920     Document Type: Article

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