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Clinical and hematological features of homozygous hemoglobin O‐Arab [beta 121 Glu → Lys]
Author(s) -
Dror Sayar
Publication year - 2013
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.24414
Subject(s) - medicine , hemoglobin , blood cancer , pediatrics , folic acid , hemoglobin s , gastroenterology , anemia , cancer , disease , sickle cell anemia
Hemoglobin O‐Arab [Beta 121 Glu → Lys] (Hb O‐Arab) is a rare abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) whose clinical and hematological features have been described in adults but not in children. We report three children, 9, 12, and 36 months of age, with homozygous Hb O‐Arab and assess the value of supplementary folic acid as treatment. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60: 506–507. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.