Article
The molecular pathology of beta-thalassemia in Turkey: the Boğaziçi university experience.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2007
Basak A Nazi
Abstract excerpt
The thalassemias are a diverse group of hemoglobin (Hb) disorders characterized by a reduced synthesis of the globin chains of Hb. Today, more than 200 mutations, affecting different levels of beta-globin gene expression, by a variety of mechanisms, are known to result in a beta-thalassemia (thal...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Gene Frequency
- Globins
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Turkey
- beta-Thalassemia
