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Thalassemia major phenotype caused by HB Zürich-Albisrieden [α2 59(E8) Gly > Arg (HBA2:C.178G > C)] in a Brazilian child.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Dec 2018
Pedroso Gisele A, Kimura Elza M, Santos Magnun N N, Albuquerque Dulcinéia M, Malimpensa Danaê, Jorge Susan E, Verissimo Monica P A, Costa Fernando F, Sonati Maria F
Abstract excerpt
Hemoglobin (Hb) Zürich-Albisrieden (ZA) [α2 59(E8) Gly > Arg; HBA2:c.178G > C] is a rare and highly unstable α-chain variant. A few simple and compound heterozygotes (αZA α/αα and -/αZA α, respectively) have been described so far in Switzerland and China. We describe here a case of homozygosity for the Hb ZA mutation (αZA α/αZA α) in a Brazilian child with severe congenital hemolytic anemia and ineffective...
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