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Hemoglobin
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Volume 38, 2014 - Issue 2
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Research Article

Severe α-Thalassemia Intermedia Due to a Compound Heterozygosity for the Highly Unstable Hb Adana (HBA2: c.179G>A) and a Novel Codon 24 (HBA2: c.75T>A) Mutation

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Pages 149-151 | Received 27 Feb 2013, Accepted 13 Jul 2013, Published online: 18 Dec 2013

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