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Direct DNA analysis in a new Italian carrier of Hb-Belfast: beta 15 (A12) Trp-->Arg.
Panminerva medica - 1 Jun 2001
Scimè-Degani V, Ivaldi G, Baffico M, Leone D, Parodi M, Pascotto D, Garofalo F, Rabino-Massa E
Abstract excerpt
A young woman aged 21 was found to be a new carrier of Hb-Belfast: beta 15 (A 12) Trp-->Arg, and the characteristics of her hemoglobinopathy were not different from those of the four cases so far described: mild hemolysis with molecular instability of the abnormal Hb, red cells inclusion bodies, and slight alterations of some functional parameters of whole blood. On this occasion, direct DNA analysis indicated...
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