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Variable clinical severity of Hb E beta-thalassemia among Indians.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - 1 Oct 1999
Nadkarni A, Ghosh K, Gorakshakar A, Colah R, Mohanty D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this preliminary report was to look at the effect of genetic variations in the alpha, beta and gamma globin genes in 7 cases of hemoglobin E/beta-thalassemia with diverse clinical expression of the disease. METHODS: beta-thalassemia mutations were characterized by PCR and dot blot hybridization. G gamma gene polymorphism (Xmnl) was determined by PCR followed by restriction enzyme digestion...
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