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[A case of a combination heterozygote with hemoglobin K Woolwich and hemoglobin C (Hb Kw/HbC) discovered in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 2000
Molez J F, Galacteros F, Bosseno M F, Haudrechy D, Kompaore E
Abstract excerpt
During a study on malaria in pregnant women in Burkina Faso, the authors gave a particular attention to the hemoglobin of a mother and her new-born child (blood of cord) and they noticed an hemoglobin migrating before the HbA which was identified by isoelectric focusing (IEF). The child is a composite HbK/HbC heterozygote. A survey was carried out to check the transmission of such a K Woolwich hemoglobin within...
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