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Beta-thalassaemia.
Bailliere's clinical haematology - 1 Mar 1998
Thein S L
Abstract excerpt
A complete spectrum of genetic lesions affecting the beta-globin gene giving rise to a complete spectrum of phenotypic severity is described. Although most of the molecular lesions involve the structural beta gene directly, some down regulate the gene through in-cis effects at a distance while trans-acting factors are implicated in a few cases. The remarkable phenotypic diversity can be related ultimately to the...
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