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Beta thalassaemia in the indigenous British population.
British journal of haematology - 1 Nov 1992
Hall G W, Barnetson R A, Thein S L
Abstract excerpt
We have analysed the molecular basis of beta-thalassaemia in 22 Anglo-Saxon individuals, all of whom were heterozygous for beta-thalassaemia except for one, who was a compound heterozygote. Using a combination of allele-specific priming of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing of genomic DNA amplified by the PCR, 20/23 beta-thalassaemic genes were characterized. Nine different mutations were...
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