Erythroid marrow activity and hemoglobin H levels in hemoglobin H disease.

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Erythroid marrow activity and hemoglobin H levels in hemoglobin H disease.

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jan 2000

Papassotiriou I, Traeger-Synodinos J, Kanavakis E, Karagiorga M, Stamoulakatou A, Kattamis C

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PURPOSE: To determine serum immunoreactive erythropoietin (Epo) and soluble transferrin receptors (sTfR) levels in patients with hemoglobin H (HbH) disease and the correlation with HbH levels and alpha-globin genotype. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty patients with HbH disease were studied. Methods a...

Topics

Adolescent
Child
Erythrocyte Count
Erythropoiesis
Erythropoietin
Genotype
Globins
Hemoglobin H
Humans
Mutation
Receptors, Transferrin
Reticulocytes
alpha-Thalassemia

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