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Hemoglobin variant HbE found in two South Asian diabetic patients.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2009
Takarabe Daisuke, Kishimoto Miyako, Tanaka Takahisa, Takahashi Yoshihiko, Kajio Hiroshi, Harano Keiko, Noda Mitsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Glycohemoglobin, also known as hemoglobin (Hb) A(1c), is a marker of long-term glycemic control in patients with diabetes. We present two South-Asian diabetic patients whose HbA(1c) peaks were not measurable using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further investigations showed that these patients were homozygous for a hemoglobin variant, HbE (beta26 Glu-->Lys). Because of the increasing numbers of...
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