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Heterogeneity of hemoglobin H disease in childhood.
The New England journal of medicine - 24 Feb 2011
Lal Ashutosh, Goldrich Michael L, Haines Drucilla A, Azimi Mahin, Singer Sylvia T, Vichinsky Elliott P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis during newborn screening or infancy has enabled the observation of the natural history of hemoglobin H disease, a subtype of α-thalassemia. METHODS: We analyzed longitudinal clinical data for patients with hemoglobin H disease arising from the deletion of three of four α-globin genes (HbH) and from hemoglobin H Constant Spring (HCS), caused by the deletion of two α-globin genes and the...
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