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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 caused by a 290 base pair (bp) deletion and associated with increased levels of hemoglobin A2 (HbA2) and hemoglobin F...
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