NOVEL β-THALASSEMIA MUTATION IN A β-THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA PATIENT [POLY A (<i>A</i>ATAAA →<i>G</i>ATAAA)]

Abstract

8.0 g=dL, PCV 0.261 L=L, MCV 69.0 fL, MCH 21.0 pg, MCHC 30.5 g=dL, RDW 26.3%, platelet count 764 10 9 =L, Hb A 72.4%, Hb A2 4.6%, Hb F 23.0%, serum ferritin 1600mg=L, bilirubin 31mmol=L. The blood film showed microcytosis, hypochromia, marked anisopoikilocytosis, ovalocytes, target cells, acanthocytes,