Spontaneous mutation of hemoglobin Lufkin in a white boy.

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A 10-year-old white boy presented clinically with thalassemia major facies, pallor, jaundice, and hepatomegaly. Investigation revealed the patient has hemoglobin (Hb) Lufkin concurrent with beta(0) thalassemia. DNA sequencing of the beta globin gene confirmed a GGC to a GAC mutation at codon 29 (gly to asp) for Hb Lufkin on the patient and also revealed a beta(0) thalassemia mutation, IVS-1-1 (G to A), on both...

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