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Two new Ggamma chain variants: Hb F-clamart [gamma17(A14)Lys-->Asn] and Hb F-Ouled Rabah [gamma19(B1)Asn-->Lys].
Hemoglobin - 1 Feb 2000
Wajcman H, Borensztajn K, Riou J, Promé D, Hurtrel D, Bardakdjian J, Léna-Russo D, Amouroux I, Ducrocq R
Abstract excerpt
Two new fetal hemoglobin variants affecting the Ggamma chain are reported. Hb F-Clamart was found during investigation of a French newborn who presented with a mild microcytemia. The second variant was found during neonatal screening for hemoglobinopathies of 30,000 babies from a population-at-risk living in the Paris region. It was named Hb F-Ouled Rabah because its structural modification and ethnic...
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