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Can you have thalassemia minor with a hgb f of 7.1 but normal hgb a2? electrophoresis was normal except elevated hgb f. serious? worried!!
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Not very: could be related to the delta-beta thalasemea in a trait patient would have mild anemea microcytic
Answered 3/24/2016
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