Double heterozygosity for hemoglobin S and D Punjab in Basra, Iraq: A Clinical and hematological study of 42 patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with compound heterozygosity for sickle hemoglobin (HbS) and hemoglobin DPunjab (Hb SDPunjab) may present with a variable clinical course and may be indistinguishable from those with homozygous HbS. OBJECTIVES: The objective was to identify Hb SDPunjab phenotypes and the associa...

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Main Authors: Zuhair Abd Ali Al-Barazanchi, Subeh Salim Abdulateef, Meaad Kadhum Hassan, Rawshan Zuhair Jaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2019;volume=10;issue=4;spage=134;epage=140;aulast=Ali