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Abstract
From 70 infants born after gestation periods of 28-41 weeks HbF and HbA2 were determined in the cord blood; HbA was calculated from the two values. HbF decreased with maturity, HbA and HbA2 increased. The percentage of HbA2 calculated from the sum of HbA + HbA2 (non-fetal Hb) increased from 0.57% to 0.83% with maturity. These values are much lower than those in adult controls (1.83%). The results show that during development the synthesis of the delta-globin chains lags behind that of the beta-globin chains. This is remarkable considering the location of the delta-globin gene within the beta-globin like gene cluster.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2448141 DOI: 10.1007/bf02467363
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pediatr ISSN: 0340-6199 Impact factor: 3.183