Article
High prevalence of alpha-thalassemia among individuals with microcytosis and hypochromia without anemia.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Jun 2001
Borges E, Wenning M R, Kimura E M, Gervásio S A, Costa F F, Sonati M F
Abstract excerpt
In order to determine the contribution of alpha-thalassemia to microcytosis and hypochromia, 339 adult outpatients seen at Unicamp University Hospital (with the exception of the Clinical Hematology outpatient clinics), who showed normal hemoglobin (Hb) levels and reduced mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin, were analyzed. Ninety-eight were Blacks (28.9%) and 241 were Caucasians (71.1%). In all...
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