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Acute haemolytic crisis in a Thai patient with homozygous haemoglobin Constant Spring (Hb CS/CS): a case report.
Annals of tropical paediatrics - 1 Dec 2004
Viprakasit Vip, Veerakul Gavivann, Sanpakit Kleebsabai, Pongtanakul Bunchoo, Chinchang Worrawut, Tanphaichitr Voravarn S
Abstract excerpt
Acute haemolysis associated with mild upper respiratory tract infection was observed in a Thai boy who presented with a rapid decline in haemoglobin (Hb) levels, haemoglobinuria and evidence of intravascular haemolysis. Several possible causes giving rise to such a condition were excluded including G6PD deficiency, which is extremely common in Thailand. Subsequent haematological and molecular analyses...
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