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Phenotypic variability of Filipino beta(o)-thalassemia/HbE patients in Indonesia.
American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 1999
Setianingsih I, Williamson R, Daud D, Harahap A, Marzuki S, Forrest S
Abstract excerpt
Three Indonesian patients with identical genotypes, each compound heterozygotes for Filipino beta(o)-thalassemia/HbE, expressed different clinical severities. One patient has mild disease and is transfusion independent, while the other two are severely affected and transfusion dependent. The size of the Filipino beta(o)-globin gene deletion was confirmed to be 45 kb, resolving conflicting values given in the...
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