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Detection of a thalassemic alpha-chain variant (Hemoglobin Groene Hart) by reversed-phase liquid chromatography.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jun 2008
Zanella-Cleon Isabelle, Becchi Michel, Lacan Philippe, Giordano Piero C, Wajcman Henri, Francina Alain
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hemoglobin (Hb) Groene Hart [alpha119 (H2)Pro-->Ser (alpha1)], also known as Hb Bernalda, is a nondeletional alpha-thalassemic Hb variant that is frequent in southern Italy and North Africa. This variant is not supposed to be produced in the erythrocytes of carriers. The alpha-thalassemic behavior of this variant has been explained as an impaired interaction between the alpha-globin chain and the...
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