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Association of a novel high oxygen affinity haemoglobin variant with delta beta thalassaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jan 1994
Rochette J, Barnetson R, Kiger L, Kister J, Littlewood T J, Webster R, Poyart C, Thein S L
Abstract excerpt
We report an uncommon association of delta beta thalassaemia and a haemoglobin (Hb) variant with high oxygen affinity in an Asian Indian family. Minimal polycythaemia was seen in a heterozygote for this novel Hb variant, Hb Headington (beta 72 (E16) Ser-->Arg), while compound heterozygosity for Hb Headington and the Indian G gamma (A gamma delta beta)(0) thalassaemia produces a marked increase in erythrocytosis...
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