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The Sickle β-Thalassemia Phenotype.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jul 2017
Adekile Adekunle D, Akbulut Nagihan, Azab Asmaa F, Al-Sharida Sundus, Thomas Diana
Abstract excerpt
Sβ-thalassemia (Sβ-thal) is common among Gulf Arab patients with sickle cell disease, but the phenotype of this group had not been well-documented. We have studied a group of Kuwaiti patients and compared the phenotype in the homozygotes (SS) and Sβ-thal patients. Complete blood count, hemoglobin quantitation, serum bilirubin, and lactate dehydrogenase were determined with standard techniques. The patients were...
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