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Hemoglobin H disease resulting from the association of the - alpha 3.7 rightward deletion and the (alpha alpha)MM deletion in a Brazilian patient.
European journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2002
Wenning M R S C, Harteveld C L, Giordano P C, Kimura E M, Saad S T O, Costa F F, Sonati M F
Abstract excerpt
A patient with Hb H disease resulting from the association of the - alpha 3.7 rightward deletion with the rare (alpha alpha)MM deletion, which removes the entire alpha-major regulatory element (MRE), is reported. This is the first description of an alpha-thalassemic mutation resulting from deletion of the locus-controlling sequences in the South-American population.
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