Sickle cell-Hb Lepore Boston syndrome is a type of sickle cell disease that differs from homozygous sickle cell disease where both parents carry sickle hemoglobin. In this variant one parent has the sickle cell hemoglobin the second parent has Hb Lepore Boston, the only one of the three Hb Lepore variants described in association with HbS.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin_Lepore_syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin_Lepore_syndrome
Sickle Cell-Hb Lepore Boston Syndrome, Sickle Cell-Hemoglobin Lepore Boston Syndrome, Sickle Cell Disease-S/Lepore, SCD-S/Lepore Boston
Hb Lepore Washington, also known as Hb Lepore Boston or Hb Lepore Washington-Boston; most common in Italians from Southern Italy.
