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Identification of beta thalassemia mutations in South Brazilians.
Annals of hematology - 1 May 2008
Reichert Vivian C D, de Castro Simone M, Wagner Sandrine C, de Albuquerque Dulcinéia M, Hutz Mara H, Leistner-Segal Sandra
Abstract excerpt
We have evaluated the mutation profile in a sample of 127 unrelated beta-thalassemia (beta thal) individuals, diagnosed through A2 and fetal hemoglobin quantification by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) from the Brazilian southernmost state, where a flow of Italian immigrants had occurred in the late 19th century, mainly from Northern Italy. The molecular analysis was performed by DNA sequencing of...
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