Case report: alpha G-Philadelphia, beta O-Arab, and beta C globins present in a single patient.

doi:10.1097/00000441-199305000-00008

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Case report: alpha G-Philadelphia, beta O-Arab, and beta C globins present in a single patient.

The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 May 1993

Prchal J T, Kutlar A, Hall K, Robinson C A, Scott C W

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The case of a 7-month-old Nigerian child who presented with anemia and microcytosis is described. Hemoglobin electrophoresis studies revealed a band with pronounced cathodic mobility. This represented a heterohybrid hemoglobin tetramer composed of an alpha-globin mutant, G-Philadelphia (alpha GPh...

Topics

Anemia
Female
Globins
Hemoglobins, Abnormal
Humans
Infant
Mutation
Pedigree

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