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First Report of a Chinese Family Carrying a Double Heterozygosity for Hb Q-Thailand and Hb J-Bangkok.
Hemoglobin - 1 Nov 2016
Jiang Fan, Zhou Jian-Ying, Yan Jin-Mei, Lu Yue-Cheng, Li Dong-Zhi
Abstract excerpt
The double heterozygosity for α and β chain variants leads to the formation of abnormal heterodimer hybrids, which could render laboratory diagnostics in a routine setting difficult. The following is the first report of a double heterozygosity for Hb Q-Thailand [α74(EF3)Asp→His; HBA1: c.223G>C] with α+-thalassemia (α+-thal) and Hb J-Bangkok [β56(D7)Gly→Asp; HBB: c.170G>A] found in a Chinese family. Both subjects...
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