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TNFA locus is associated with beta degrees 39 thalassemia in Corsica and Sardinia.
European cytokine network - 1 Dec 2008
Giovannoni Laurianne
Abstract excerpt
Malaria causes more than one million deaths annually, worldwide. Understanding the genetic defenses against this disease is an important challenge for science. We know that the long-term presence of endemic malaria has led to a prevalence of the beta degrees 39 heterozygous thalassemia mutation in the two islands of Corsica and Sardinia. The populations of both islands are isolated, which could make it easier to...
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