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Neonatal Cyanosis Due to Hemoglobin Variant: Hb F-Sarajevo.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Oct 2016
Lozar-Krivec Jana, Stepic Maja, Hovnik Tinka, Krsnik Mladen, Paro-Panjan Darja
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal cyanosis is rarely due to hemoglobin variants with low oxygen affinity. We describe the clinical course and results of molecular genetic analysis of a boy who presented after birth with severe cyanosis. Arterial blood-gas analysis demonstrated a pronounced shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right and molecular genetic analysis revealed a γ-globin variant, Hb F-Sarajevo. The patient...
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