Adult onset of a Thalassemia intermedia genotype in association with a -alpha-3.7 homozygosity. Hb G-Accra [beta73(e17)Asp-->Asn] in combination with beta- and alpha-thalassemia in the same family.

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We present the case of a 39-year-old male of mixed Black and Chinese Surinamese origin referred because of abdominal pain and extreme tiredness. The patient reported that he had received a single blood transfusion in his youth and presented at intake with a severe microcytic hypochromic anemia. A chest X-ray and computer tomography (CT)-scan revealed bilateral mediastinal lymphadenopathy and interstitial...

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