Blood Res.  2016 Sep;51(3):213-214. 10.5045/br.2016.51.3.213.

Delta beta thalassemia: a rare hemoglobin variant

• Mansoori H
• Asad S
• Rashid A
• Karim F

• KMID: 2353507
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2016.51.3.213

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

beta-Thalassemia*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Peripheral blood smear of the patient with anisopoikilocytosis and target cells. (B) Highperformance liquid chromatography showing 100% HbF indicated by the arrow. (C) Pan-cellular pattern on the Kleihauer-Bekte test.

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