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A young girl with hemolytic anemia and elevated hemoglobin F
Author(s) -
Parikh Nehal S.,
Hoyer James D.,
Cripe Timothy P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.20241
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , hemoglobinopathy , hemoglobin , etiology , anemia , pediatrics , hemoglobin s , hemolytic anemia , immunology , sickle cell anemia , genetics , disease , biology
The non‐immune, non‐spherocytic anemias result from multiple potential etiologies. We report a 16‐year‐old girl, who was presented with a long‐standing anemia and normal blood screening tests except an elevated hemoglobin F. Her diagnosis of unstable hemoglobinopathy was made only after gene sequencing of the β‐globin chain. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.