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Hemoglobin
international journal for hemoglobin research
Volume 44, 2020 - Issue 1
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The Importance of Characterizing the Hemoglobin Instability of New Variants: The Case of Hb Dompierre [β29(B11)Gly→Arg, HBB: c.88G>C]

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Pages 13-16 | Received 24 Oct 2019, Accepted 16 Jan 2020, Published online: 03 Feb 2020

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