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Phenotypic and molecular diversity of haemoglobin H disease: a Greek experience.
British journal of haematology - 1 Dec 2000
Kanavakis E, Papassotiriou I, Karagiorga M, Vrettou C, Metaxotou-Mavrommati A, Stamoulakatou A, Kattamis C, Traeger-Synodinos J
Abstract excerpt
Haemoglobin H (Hb H) disease is the severest form of alpha-thalassaemia compatible with post-natal life and occurs when alpha-thalassaemia mutations interact to reduce alpha-globin synthesis to levels approximately equivalent to the output of a single alpha-globin gene. Hb H disease has variable clinical expression, mainly related to underlying genotypes. The spectrum of alpha-thalassaemia determinants in Greece...
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