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Hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease in Canada: molecular diagnosis and review of 116 cases.
American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 2001
Waye J S, Eng B, Patterson M, Walker L, Carcao M D, Olivieri N F, Chui D H
Abstract excerpt
Over the past decade, we have characterized at the DNA level a total of 116 hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease patients living in Canada. The majority of patients were of southeast Asian descent (Chinese, Filipino, Laotian, Vietnamese), with a small number being of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern or East Indian background. A total of 15 distinct genotypes were detected, all but one being compound heterozygotes for a...
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