Homozygous haemoglobin LeporeBoston disease is described in an Iranian 16-year-old boy presenting the clinical manifestations of BETA-thalassaemia major. The parents were related (cousins), and both carriers of Lepore trait. It seems that the symptoms are milder in this case than what reported before.
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