A Case of Iron Deficiency Anemia with Co-existing Hb Fontainebleau

Hb Fontainebleau is a rare alpha chain variant in the Indian population which generates an unknown peak on hemoglobin HPLC study and does cause diagnostic difficulty to those who are not acquainted with this entity. We present a case of Hb Fontainebleau, an eighteen year old patient who presented wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Purohit, Abhishek, Aggarwal, Mukul, Colah, Roshan B, Nadkarni, Anita H, Pati, Hara P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25045459
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2014.051
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Sumario:Hb Fontainebleau is a rare alpha chain variant in the Indian population which generates an unknown peak on hemoglobin HPLC study and does cause diagnostic difficulty to those who are not acquainted with this entity. We present a case of Hb Fontainebleau, an eighteen year old patient who presented with symptoms related to anemia to our department and unknown peak observed in HPLC plots lead us to family study and molecular characterization for this case.

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