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The expanding spectrum of thalassemia intermedia.
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Dec 2009
Panigrahi Inusha, Marwaha Ram K, Kulkarni Ketan
Abstract excerpt
The hemoglobin disorders serve as a model for study of the genetic heterogeneity underlying the phenotype of genetic disorders. 'Thalassemia intermedia' is a clinical phenotype which displays marked genotypic variability in different populations or ethnic groups. Two common underlying mechanisms include co-inheritance of alpha globin gene deletions in homozygous thalassemia intermedia and presence of XmnI...
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