Article
Hb Saint Nazaire (beta 103[G5]Phe-->Ile): a new example of polycythemia due to a hemoglobin variant with increased oxygen affinity.
American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 1993
Wajcman H, Kister J, M'Rad A, Promé D, Milpied N, Rapp M J, Harousseau J L, Riou J, Bardakdjian J, Galacteros F
Abstract excerpt
Hb Saint Nazaire [beta 103 (G5) Phe-->Ile] was found in four apparently unrelated French families. The five patients carrying this hemoglobin have been detected because of a moderate erythrocytosis. The structural abnormality of Hb Saint Nazaire concerns the same residue as in Hb Heathrow [beta 1...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acids
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Genetic Variation
- Heme
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Isoleucine
- Leucine
- Male
- Mass Spectrometry
- Middle Aged
- Oxygen
- Phenylalanine
- Polycythemia
