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Unstable hemoglobinemia, Hb Buenos Aires, Bryn Mawr, followed up for eighteen years.
Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica - 1 Nov 2004
Ando Chie, Moriyama Kosei, Nakashima Yoshiyuki, Ohmiya Akira, Yoshikuni Hirofumi, Moriuchi Hiroyuki, Tsuji Yoshiro, Ohba Yuzo, Hattori Yukio, Kamitamari Akira
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A 20-year-old man has been under observation for 18 years because of unstable hemoglobinemia, Hb Buenos Aires, Bryn Mawr (beta-globin, Phe85Ser). At the age of 19 years, he was hospitalized because of fever and hemolytic crisis, and the symptoms resolved after infusion of antibiotics. Nucleotide sequencing of the beta-globin gene confirmed that the patient was heterozygous for the mutation. The patient's...
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