Molecular characterization of Hb S(C) beta-thalassemia in American blacks.

doi:10.1002/ajh.2830380103

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Molecular characterization of Hb S(C) beta-thalassemia in American blacks.

American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 1991

Gonzalez-Redondo J M, Kutlar A, Kutlar F, McKie V C, McKie K M, Baysal E, Huisman T H

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An extension of previous reports describing the molecular defects and hematological abnormalities in black patients with Hb S(C) beta-thalassemia living in the Southeastern United States is presented. As many as 58 patients with Hb S-beta(+)-thalassemia, 16 with Hb C-beta(+)-thalassemia and 12 wi...

Topics

Black People
Hemoglobin, Sickle
Humans
Mutation
Thalassemia
United States
Black or African American

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