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J Clin Pathol 57:164-167 doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.12856
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α0 Thalassaemia as a result of a novel 11.1 kb deletion eliminating both of the duplicated α globin genes

Table 1

Haematological data of the proband and her family

Family members
I 1 I 2 II 1 II 2 II 3 II 4 II 5 III 1 III 2
The generation of the family members is denoted by the Roman numeral. The family member II 6 was not detected because of absence during testing.
Hb, haemoglobin; MCH, mean cell haemoglobin; MCV, mean cell volume; RBC, red blood cells; Y, years.
Sex/age (Y) F/49 M/54 M/33 F/27 F/25 M/22 F/35 F/1 M/5
Hb (g/l) 118 150 173 126 135 135 118 112 141
RBC (×1012) 5.63 4.96 5.70 6.23 4.51 4.57 5.87 6.09 5.02
MCV (fL) 64.5 85.7 88.1 62.1 87.8 82.3 63.0 56.2 78.5
MCH (pg) 21.0 30.2 30.4 20.2 29.9 29.5 20.1 18.4 28.1
HbA (%) 97.8 97.5 93.11 97.02 96.63 95.65 96.98 90.03 97.35
HbA2 (%) 2.20 2.50 3.27 2.98 3.37 3.28 3.12 2.18 2.65
HbF (%) 0 0 3.62 0 0 0 0 7.79 0
Genotype – –11.1/αα αα/αα αα/αα – –11.1/αα αα/αα αα/αα – –11.1/αα – –11.1/αα αα/αα

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