Article
Molecular basis of beta-thalassemia intermedia in a southern Italian region (Puglia).
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 1991
Leoni G B, Rosatelli C, Vitucci A, Addis M, Loi A, Tannoia N, Cao A
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the molecular bases for a mild phenotype by alpha-, beta- and gamma-globin gene analyses in 22 patients with transfusion-independent thalassemia intermedia (15) or a late-presenting form of thalassemia major (7) originating from Puglia, a region of southern Italy. Twenty-two patients with thalassemia major served as controls. The beta+ IVS-I nt 6 of the beta-globin gene and the C----T substitution...
Topics
- Alpha-Globulins
- Beta-Globulins
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Gene Rearrangement
- Haplotypes
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Italy
- Mutation
- Phenotype
