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Hb Stara Zagora: a new hyper-unstable hemoglobin causing severe hemolytic anemia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2005
Petkov Georgi H, Simjanovska Liljana, Tchakarova Petranka, Efremov Georgi D
Abstract excerpt
We describe a new hyper-unstable beta chain variant (codons 137-139, -6 bp) in a 2-year-old Bulgarian boy. The abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) is associated with severe hemolytic anemia as a consequence of its hyper instability. The child was admitted to the Pediatric Clinic (Faculty of Medicine, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) at the age of 2 months. Because of anemia (Hb 6.9 g/dL) and high serum iron level (58 microM/L) the...
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