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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) phenotype. According to recent findings, the multilayered complexity in the phenotype of beta-thal is the result not...
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