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Elliptopoikilocytosis associated with the alpha 469 His-->Pro mutation in spectrin Barcelona (alpha I/50-46b).
Blood - 1 Sept 1993
Dalla Venezia N, Alloisio N, Forissier A, Denoroy L, Aymerich M, Vives-Corrons J L, Besalduch J, Besson I, Delaunay J
Abstract excerpt
We present two Spanish children with hereditary elliptopoikilocytosis. The mother displayed a symptomless elliptocytosis. Spectrin maps showed the alpha I/50-46b abnormality in the mother and in the children. The change was more conspicuous in the children than in the mother. The father carried the alpha V/41 allele, which is a common allele endowed with low expression. The alpha V/41 allele was also present in...
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