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Two Patients in a Family with Unstable Hemoglobin, Hb Hirosaki: Anemia Was Ameliorated but Hemolysis Persists after Splenectomy

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  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefectural Medical Center, 747-8511, Hofu, Japan

    Kenji Shinohara

  2. Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan

    Yukio Hattori

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Shinohara, K., Hattori, Y. Two Patients in a Family with Unstable Hemoglobin, Hb Hirosaki: Anemia Was Ameliorated but Hemolysis Persists after Splenectomy. Int J Hematol 84, 186–187 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1532/IJH97.06108

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