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cooleys anemia

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1)Why rbc count increases in thalasemia and how mcv and hematocrit decrease ?

2)In cooleys anemia rbc with alpha inclusions are removed by liver macrophage why? We know hbf (2alpha & 2gamma chains)is in fetal it also has alpha then why macrophage dont remove these alpha chains?
 
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