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Molecular characterization of a Chinese pedigree with beta-thalassemia intermedia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2010
Huang Ge, Jiang Wen-Ling, Rong Ka-Bin, Li Yun-Xiong, Luo Xian-Ling, Meng Jin-Xiu, Yu Xi-Yong
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH), often associated with mutations in the beta-globin gene cluster, is normally benign, but a person carrying both HPFH and another beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) mutation will develop serious anemia. These people might be erroneously diagnosed as having homozygous beta-thal with common reverse dot-blot methods. Here we report a 5-year old boy with thalassemia...
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