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Homozygosity for a rare beta 0-thalassemia mutation [frameshift codons 25/26 (+T)] causes beta-thalassemia intermedia in an Iranian family.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2009
Haghi Mehdi, Feizi Abbas A Hosseinpour, Harteveld Cornelis L, Pouladi Nasser, Feizi Mohammad A Hosseinpour
Abstract excerpt
The severity of beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) is remarkable for its variability in different populations, even in different patients. We studied a family from Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran, who had a rare beta(0)-thal mutation, namely the frameshift codons (FSC) 25/26 (+T), originally reported in Tunisia. Unlike the Tunisian family, in our family the mutation was a beta(0) type and the affected members...
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