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Complex interaction of Hb E [beta26(B8)Glu-->Lys], Hb Korle-Bu [beta73(E17)Asp-->Asn] and a deletional alpha-thalassemia-1 in pregnancy.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2009
Siriratmanawong Nirut, Chansri Wichuda, Singsanan Sanita, Fucharoen Goonnapa, Fucharoen Supan
Abstract excerpt
A pregnant Thai woman with mild hypochromic microcytic anemia caused by alpha- and beta- globin defects is described. The proband was a 26-year-old pregnant woman discovered through our ongoing thalassemia screening program. Initial hemoglobin (Hb) high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis revealed a homozygosity for an unknown variant at the D window, inconsistent with results of family analyses....
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