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Beta 0-thalassemia due to a nonsense mutation at beta 90 (GAG----TAG) in human hemoglobin gene.
Japanese journal of medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Nomura Y, Nanjo K, Miyamura K, Harano T, Harano K, Ueda S
Abstract excerpt
We studied a patient with severe anemia and jaundice who exhibited a high hemoglobin A1 (HbA1) level secondary to an increase in HbF despite normal glucose tolerance. The red blood cells showed anisocytosis, poikilocytosis and polychromasia; target cells, Howell-Jolly bodies, Heints bodies and punctate basophilia were observed. No defect or reduction in activity was observed in 19 red cell enzymes. A family...
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