Case report: effects of iron deficiency and the -88 C-->T mutation on HbA2 levels in beta-thalassemia.

doi:10.1097/00000441-199305000-00009

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Case report: effects of iron deficiency and the -88 C-->T mutation on HbA2 levels in beta-thalassemia.

The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 May 1993

Steinberg M H

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Hemoglobin A2 levels in members of an African American family with -88 C-->T beta(+)-thalassemia were measured, and two patients in whom iron deficiency anemia developed were evaluated during treatment. Iron deficiency may diminish the level of HbA2 in healthy control subjects and in patients wit...

Topics

Anemia, Hemolytic
Female
Hemoglobin A2
Humans
Iron Deficiencies
Male
Mutation
Pedigree
Promoter Regions, Genetic
beta-Thalassemia

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