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Hb Agenogi [β90(F6)Glu→Lys (GAG>AAG) HBB: c.271G>A)] in a Pregnant Thai Woman.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2016
Panyasai Sitthichai, Thongsuk Pollawat, Pornprasert Sakorn
Abstract excerpt
Hb Agenogi [β90(F6)Glu→Lys (GAG>AAG) HBB: c.271G>A)] is a very rare β-globin chain variant. We report for the first time this hemoglobinopathy in a pregnant 20-year-old Thai woman. She was seen by an obstetrician at her 14th week of gestation. She was pale and had an inflammatory lesion of her lower left leg. The hemoglobin (Hb) analysis by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and low pressure liquid...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Codon
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Mutation
- Pregnancy
- Thailand
