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A rare and unstable hemoglobin variant, Hb M Dothan β 25/26 (-GTG), detected by the anomalous cytogram on Sysmex XE-2100

  • Francesco Mongelli EMAIL logo , Giuseppina Barberio and Giovanni Ivaldi

Corresponding author: Francesco Mongelli, Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, F. Miulli Hospital, Provinciale Santeramo Km 4, 100, Acquavia delle Fonti, Bari 70021, Italy, E-mail:

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Received: 2015-6-15
Accepted: 2015-7-18
Published Online: 2015-8-19
Published in Print: 2016-2-1

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