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Case Reports
. 2015 Fall;10(4):318-21.

The Adverse Effects of Pregnancies Complicated by Hemoglobin H (HBH) Disease

Maryam Rabiee  1 , Jalal-Aldin Shams  2 , Nafiseh Zafargandie  1
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The Adverse Effects of Pregnancies Complicated by Hemoglobin H (HBH) Disease

Maryam Rabiee et al. Iran J Pathol. 2015 Fall.

Abstract

Hemoglobin (Hb) H disease is a moderate form of α- thalassemia resulting from various genetic defects. HbH disease is not necessarily a benign disorder as has been generally thought. We present hereby a 25- year-old Iranian pregnant woman whom referred to our hospital for blood transfusion. She exhibited the clinical and hematological manifestation of HbH disease. Her father carries a common α-thalassemia deletion while her mother was normal in the hematological profile. The object of this report was to provide information about pregnancies affected by HbH disease.

Keywords: Hemoglobin H; Iran; Pregnancy.

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