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A novel molecular basis for beta thalassemia intermedia poses new questions about its pathophysiology.
Blood - 1 Nov 2005
Premawardhena Anuja, Fisher Christopher A, Olivieri Nancy F, de Silva Shanthimala, Sloane-Stanley Jackie, Wood William G, Weatherall David J
Abstract excerpt
During a study of the molecular basis for severe forms of beta thalassemia in Sri Lanka, 2 patients were found to be heterozygous for beta thalassemia mutations. Further analysis revealed that one of them has a previously unreported molecular basis for severe thalassemia intermedia, homozygosity for quadruplicated alpha globin genes in combination with heterozygous beta thalassemia. The other is homozygous for a...
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