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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
Volume 32, 2008 - Issue 6
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Association of Mild and Severely Unstable α Chain Variants: The First Observation of a Compound Heterozygote with Hb Setif [α94(G1)Asp→Tyr (α2)] and Hb Agrinio [α29(B10)Leu→Pro (α2)] in a Greek Family

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Pages 592-595 | Received 25 Feb 2008, Accepted 05 Jun 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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