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Diversity in clinical presentation of hemoglobin H disease induced by the SEA deletion and the hemoglobin Quong Sze

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  1. Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Maternal and Neonatal Hospital, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Can Liao, Jian Li, Xing-Mei Xie, Jian-Ying Zhou & Dong-Zhi Li

  2. Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Maternal and Neonatal Hospital, Renminzhong Road 402, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510180, China

    Dong-Zhi Li

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This work was supported in part by Guangzhou Health Bureau (2008-ZDi-06) and by Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center (200801).

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Liao, C., Li, J., Xie, XM. et al. Diversity in clinical presentation of hemoglobin H disease induced by the SEA deletion and the hemoglobin Quong Sze. Ann Hematol 88, 1145–1147 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-009-0716-8

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