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Description of Hb Évora (HBA2: c.106T>C) on an Unexpected Allele in a Swiss Family.
Hemoglobin - 1 Sept 2021
Truttmann Rahel, Schmidt Adrian, Hartmann Britta, Rusch Sebastian, Mendez Adriana
Abstract excerpt
α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is caused by DNA deletions or point mutations in the genes coding for the α-globin chains and can lead to hemolytic anemia in its carriers. If only one of the four α genes is affected, the mutation is mostly discovered by chance, as the carriers are asymptomatic. Hb Évora (HBA2: c.106T>C) is an Hb variant that leads to such an α-thal trait (αTα/αα) and thus, to mild microcytic hypochromic...
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