Hb New York, preliminary results concerning the hematologic characteristics and the effects on thalassemia.

Background: The hematological phenotype and genotype analysis of hemoglobin New York (Hb New York) combined with α or β thalassemia has been rarely reported, and whether there is any effect of Hb New York on thalassemia has not been well explored.

Methods And Results: In this study, peripheral blood samples from 346 Hb New York carriers were collected for blood cell parameter analysis. When comparing Hb New York heterozygotes, Hb New York combined with α thalassemia or α thalassemia, we found that the differences in hemoglobin (HGB), MCV and MCH values were statistically significant (P < 0.

Characteristics of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor With First-Episode Headache and Rapid Blindness Misdiagnosed as Viral Meningoencephalitis.

Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor has a high degree of malignancy and high mortality. The purpose of this paper is to describe the characteristics of atypical diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor and analyze the causes of misdiagnosis as viral meningoencephalitis. An adolescent female patient presented with headache, nausea, vomiting, sharp vision loss and cognitive dysfunction.