The interaction of alpha zero thalassaemia with Hb Icaria: three unusual cases of haemoglobinopathy H.

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The clinical, haematological, biosynthetic and molecular data of three Greek haemoglobin H (HbH) disease patients with a distinctive clinical phenotype are described. During infancy all three patients had unusually severe clinical manifestations for HbH disease, with anaemia necessitating blood transfusions, signs of bone changes, growth impairment, and splenomegaly. Molecular analysis identified a rare...

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