HbS/beta(del)-thalassemia associated with high levels of hemoglobins A2 and F in a Turkish family.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199809)59:1<83::aid-ajh16>3.0.co;2-2

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HbS/beta(del)-thalassemia associated with high levels of hemoglobins A2 and F in a Turkish family.

American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 1998

Tadmouri G O, Yüksel L, Başak A N

Abstract excerpt

Beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD) are common disorders in Turkey. Compound heterozygosity for these two disorders (betaS/beta-thalassemia) is encountered frequently. In this report we present hematological and molecular data of two Turkish siblings with betaS/beta(del)-thalassemia ca...

Topics

Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA
Female
Fetal Hemoglobin
Gene Deletion
Genotype
Hemoglobin A2
Heterozygote
Humans
Male
Nuclear Family
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Turkey
beta-Thalassemia

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