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A 62-year-old woman, long suspected of having heart disease, was admitted to our hospital for thorough examination. Her hemoglobin level was 17.7 g/dl and her 2.3-DPG level was 8.90 μM/ml RBC. The patient proved to have polycythemia, hemoglobin Kansas, and diabetes mellitus. To our knowledge, this is the third case of hemoglobin Kansas in the world.
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Morita, K., Fukuzawa, J., Onodera, S. et al. Hemoglobin Kansas found in a patient with polycythemia. Ann Hematol 65, 229–231 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01703950
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