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Erythroid marrow activity and functional anemia in patients with the rare interaction of a single functional a-globin and beta-globin gene.
Haematologica - 1 Apr 2001
Traeger-Synodinos J, Papassotiriou I, Vrettou C, Skarmoutsou C, Stamoulakatou A, Kanavakis E
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The degree of globin chain imbalance and tissue hypoxia are important determinants of clinical severity in thalassemia syndromes. Thus phenotypic expression may be modified by interaction of alpha- and beta-thalassemia defects, level and type of hemoglobin synthesized and oxygen release to the tissues. We evaluated hematology, erythroid marrow activity and functional anemia in patients...
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