Clinical features and molecular analysis in Thai patients with HbH disease.

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We studied the alpha-globin gene abnormalities, the clinical features, hematologic values, growth assessment, transfusion therapy, and serum ferritin levels of patients with hemoglobin H (HbH) disease in southern Thailand. HbH disease in 83 of the 147 patients was the deletional type of HbH. The remaining 64 patients was the nondeletional type of HbH disease. All 83 patients with the deletional type were double...

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