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Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011
book Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams cover

Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011
Exercise 18
A 4-year-old male patient has a microcytic, hypochromic anemia. Hemoglobin electrophoresis shows 46% HbS, 49% HbA, 3.5% HbA 2 , 1.5% HbF. His parents have no symptoms of anemia. What are his parents' most likely phenotypes? (Objectives 5, 7)
A) sickle cell trait and ?-thalassemia major
B) sickle cell anemia and ?-thalassemia
C) sickle cell anemia and heterozygous ?-thalassemia
D) sickle cell trait and normal
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Anemia is a condition, where the body ei...

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