Article
[Minor beta thalassemia masked by a hemoglobin A2 mutant].
La Tunisie medicale - 1 Sept 2010
Omar Souheil, Hammami Mohamed Bassem, Taeib Sameh Haj, Feki Moncef, Abbes Salem, Kaabachi Naziha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The elevation of hemoglobin A2 (HbA2) is an essential criterion in the diagnosis of minor ss thalassemia. AIM: To report a case of minor ss thalassemia HbA2 with normal HbA2 rate. OBSERVATION: We report the case of ten years old boy, with hypochromic microcytic anemia, refractory to iron treatment. The study of hemoglobin (Hb) has revealed the presence of a minor abnormal fraction of Hb, amounted to...
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