Article: Compound Heterozygous Sickle and Thalassemia Trait: A Case Report
Abstract:
Sickle cell disease is a type of hemoglobinopathy, which is fairly common in certain parts of the world. We would like to report an interesting case of a child who was labeled as sickle cell anemia but subsequently turned out to be a case of compound heterozygous sickle cell and thalassemia trait.
Bikash Shrestha
Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Kavita Karmacharya
Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical, College, Pune
Jasjit Singh
Department of Medicine, Clinical Hematology and Oncology, Command Hospital, Southern Command, Pune
Jyoti Kotwal
Associate Professor and Senior Advisor, Department of Pathology, Armed Forces Medical, College, Pune
Amit Devgan
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
Keywords
Sickle cell disease, hemoglobinopathy, thalassemia, hydroxyurea, globin, electrophoresis, HPLC
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i2.4414
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