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Aplastic crisis revealing the diagnosis of Hb Evans [alpha62(E11)Val-->Met, GTG-->ATG (alpha2)] in a Hispanic kindred: case report and review.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2007
Steiner Laurie A, Van Hoff Jack, Kutlar Ferdane, Gallagher Patrick G
Abstract excerpt
This report describes a Hispanic girl who presented in aplastic crisis due to parvovirus infection. She was subsequently found to have a chronic hemolytic anemia secondary to an unstable hemoglobinopathy. Genetic testing revealed that the girl and two symptomatic family members had Hb Evans [alpha62(E11)Val-->Met, GTG-->ATG (alpha2)], an unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variant due to a mutation in the alpha2-globin...
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