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Molecular pathogenesis and clinical variability of beta-thalassemia syndromes among Indians.
American journal of hematology - 1 Oct 2001
Nadkarni A, Gorakshakar A C, Lu C Y, Krishnamoorthy R, Ghosh K, Colah R, Mohanty D
Abstract excerpt
Sixty-four homozygous beta-thalassemia patients comprising 40 patients with beta-thalassemia major and 24 patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia were investigated for the nature of their beta-thalassemia mutations, associated alpha-thalassemia, and XmnI polymorphism in the gamma gene which are known to affect the clinical course of the disease. This study was undertaken to look for the contribution of these...
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