1. A New α Chain Hemoglobin Variant: Hb Al-Hammadi Riyadh [α75(EF4)Asp→Val (α2)]
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Michel Becchi, Nicole Couprie, Isabelle Zanella-Cléon, Nelly Burnichon, Philippe Lacan, Alain Francina, Mohammed Mowafy, and Martine Aubry
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Genetics ,Anemia ,education ,Biochemistry (medical) ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Hemoglobin variants ,Hematology ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,Hb Al-Hammadi Riyadh ,DNA sequencing ,Exon ,medicine ,Hemoglobin ,Transversion ,Genetics (clinical) ,Alpha chain - Abstract
A new hemoglobin (Hb) variant in the heterozygous state, Hb Al-Hammadi Riyadh [codon 75 (GAC→GTC); α75(EF4)Asp→Val (α2)] corresponding to an A→T transversion on the second exon of the α2-globin gene, is described. The variant was characterized by DNA sequencing and mass spectrometry (MS). The variant was found during a routine Hb analysis for anemia in a 16-month-old boy who lived in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- 2006
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