[Hemoglobin C -- beta-thalassemia disease and homozygous beta-thalassemia in a black African family (author's transl)].

Article

[Hemoglobin C -- beta-thalassemia disease and homozygous beta-thalassemia in a black African family (author's transl)].

Nouvelle revue francaise d'hematologie - 1 Jan 2000

Basset P, Fall M, Oudart J L

Abstract excerpt

The study of a Malian family has allowed to prove existence of two types of beta-thalassemia genes: the beta0 gene which suppresses the synthesis of the beta chain into cis position and the beta+ gene which slows down only partially this synthesis. The difference between this two genes has been p...

Topics

Alleles
Black People
Female
Hemoglobin C
Humans
Male
Mali
Pedigree
Phenotype
Recombination, Genetic
Thalassemia

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