@article{3144519,
    title = "ERYTHROCYTOSIS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE HIGH OXYGEN AFFINITY
HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT, Hb OLYMPIA [beta 20(B2)VAL -> MET] WITH beta- AND
alpha-THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS: FIRST CASE IN THE LITERATURE",
    author = "Kalotychou, Vassiliki and Tzanetea, Revekka and Konstantopoulos, Kostas and and Papassotiriou, Ioannis and Rombos, Ioannis",
    journal = "Hemoglobin:  Interrnational Journal for Hemoglobin Research",
    year = "2010",
    volume = "34",
    number = "4",
    pages = "383-388",
    publisher = "Taylor and Francis Inc.",
    issn = "0363-0269",
    doi = "10.3109/03630269.2010.486331",
    keywords = "Hb Olympia; Erythrocytosis; beta(0)-Thalassemia (beta(0)-thal);
alpha(0)-Thalassemia (alpha(0)-thal)",
    abstract = "A 40-year-old Greek male was admitted to the hospital because of acute
respiratory infection. The patient has been undergoing regular
venesection for erythrocytosis for 20 years; he has also been taking
oral anticoagulants for thrombosis for 15 years. The molecular defect
for erythrocytosis was detected together with the rare Hb Olympia
(HBB:c.61G>A) variant. This hemoglobin (Hb) variant was found in
combination with two thalassemia-type globin gene defects, namely
beta(0)-thalassemia (beta(0)-thal), HBB:c.118C>T and alpha(0)-thal
(–(MED)). This combination of three molecular defects is the first such
case reported in the literature."
}