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Rare beta-thalassemia mutations in Asian Indians.
American journal of hematology - 1 Dec 2000
Agarwal S, Hattori Y, Agarwal S S
Abstract excerpt
Among 365 carriers of beta-thalassemia, 13 subjects remained uncharacterized after ARMS analysis. Among these 13 individuals, 8 mutations were identified by direct sequencing of the PCR-amplified product, which have not been described in Asian Indians earlier. These included (1) T-C substitution at IVS II position 591, a new beta-thalassemia mutation which probably creates an alternative donor splice site in...
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