Hematology

What are the hemoglobin chains in Hb Bart?

4 gamma chains
What are the hemoglobin chains in Hb H?

4 beta chains
gene deletion causes what thalasemia?
pt mutation causes what thalasemia?
which is more deleterious?
- Alpha thalasemia--more deleterious
- beta thalasemia--less deleterious
What are the conditions that produce Target cells i.e the 2 ends of RBC join producing a target cell appearance?
- HbC
- Asplenism
- Liver disease
- Thalasemia
What are the 2 conditions that produce basophilic stippling of RBC?
- Lead poisoning --ALA dehydratase
- Sideroblastic anemia-- ALA synthase

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Hematology

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Hemotoly

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2011-09-30T02:54:24Z

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