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Hyper-reactive Malarial Splenomegaly (HMS) in a patient with β thalassaemia syndrome

This report describes a case of hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly in a patient with a thalassaemia syndrome. Increased haemoglobin A(2) is valuable for the diagnosis of common forms of β-thalassemia, while haemoglobin F (HbF) helps in diagnosis of the rarer δβ- forms. Thalassemia is characterised...

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Autores principales: Amoako, Yaw Ampem, Bedu-Addo, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4394002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883737
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.310.5576