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[Progress on genes related to fetal hemoglobin quantitative trait].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Apr 2010
Guo Xiao-Qiang
Abstract excerpt
Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is the main type of hemoglobin in the fetus and few in adult, but retains high levels in some people and patients with beta-thalassemia major or sickle cell disease. High HbF levels are beneficial to ameliorating the disease severity of the anemia. Previous researches had established that quantitative trait loci were associated with 6q23 and 2p15. Recent researches indicated that HBS1L-MYB...
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