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Volume 36, 2012 - Issue 6
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Original Article

Hb Iberia [α104(G11)Cys → Arg,TGC>CGC (α2) (HBA2:c.313T>C)], a New α-Thalassemic Hemoglobin Variant Found in the Iberian Peninsula: Report of Six Cases

Celeste BentoCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana Catarina OliveiraCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Joana NevesCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Mariline GameiroCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Elizabete CunhaCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Margarida CouceloCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Ricardo Marques CostaCentro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Unidade de Oncologia, Barreiro, Portugal
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José BarbotCentro Hospitalar do Porto, Serviço de Hematologia, Porto, Portugal
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Emilia CostaCentro Hospitalar do Porto, Serviço de Hematologia, Porto, Portugal
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Carlos Fernández-LagoComplexo Hospitalario Universitário A Coruña, Servicio de Hematoloxia, A Coruña, Spain
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M. Leticia RibeiroCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Serviço de Hematologia, Coimbra, Portugal
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Pages 517-525 | Received 17 Apr 2012, Accepted 24 Jul 2012, Published online: 27 Nov 2012

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