The spectrum of beta thalassaemia in Burma.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.1992.tb02994.x

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The spectrum of beta thalassaemia in Burma.

British journal of haematology - 1 Aug 1992

Brown J M, Thein S L, Weatherall D J, Mar K M

Abstract excerpt

The molecular defects causing beta thalassaemia have been analysed in 85 unrelated Burmese patients. The patients included 14 with homozygous beta thalassaemia, 70 with HbE/beta thalassaemia and one with HbS/beta thalassaemia. Using a combination of allele-specific oligoprobe hybridization and di...

Topics

Alleles
DNA
Gene Frequency
Haplotypes
Humans
Mutation
Myanmar
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Thalassemia

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