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Clinical phenotype of haemoglobin Q-H disease
Division of Haematology, Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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Dr E S K Ma
Division of Haematology, Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong; eskma{at}hkucc.hku.hk
Seven patients of Chinese origin who had haemoglobin (Hb) Q-H disease were studied. They were found to have a similar clinical phenotype to that of patients with deletional Hb H disease, who have a near identical genotypic configuration. The complete absence of Hb A in Hb Q-H disease and the similar clinical phenotype to deletional Hb H disease lends support to the observation that Hb Q-Thailand shares similar functional properties with Hb A.
Keywords: haemoglobin Q-H disease; haemoglobin Q-Thailand
Abbreviations: Hb, haemoglobin; SEA deletion, (– –SEA) 
thalassaemia deletion
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