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A severe alpha thalassemia case compound heterozygous for Hb Adana in alpha1 gene and 20.5 kb double gene deletion.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Aug 2009
Durmaz Asude Alpman, Akin Haluk, Ekmekci Aslihan Yilmaz, Onay Huseyin, Durmaz Burak, Cogulu Ozgur, Aydinok Yesim, Ozkinay Ferda
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We report a 6-year-old boy diagnosed as transfusion dependent chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia since 40 days old. Hemoglobin H inclusions were detected with brilliant cresyl blue preparation. His parents were found to be normal on physical examination. His mother had hemoglobin level of 9.34 g/dL, accompanied by typical thalassemic changes of the red cells, and inclusion bodies were also detected with...
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