A 6-year-old Girl with Hemoglobin H Disease
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A 6-year-old girl with hemoglobin H disease.
Hemoglobin H (HbH) disease is the severe nonfatal form of α-thalassemia syndrome. It is usually caused by molecular defects of 3 of 4 α-globin genes (--/-α) which cause α-globin expression to be decreased. HbH disease is rare in Japan. Here, we report on a 6-year-old girl with HbH disease who had profound hypochromatic and microcytic anemia. Analysis of the α-globin genes of the patient's famil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nippon Medical School
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1345-4676,1347-3409
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.78.101