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Molecular characterization of sickle cell anemia in the Northern Brazilian state of Pará.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
De Lemos Cardoso Greice, Guerreiro João Farias
Abstract excerpt
To assess alpha+-thalassemia deletion alleles, beta-thalassemia mutations and haplotypes linked to the HBB*S cluster in a sample of 130 unrelated sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients (55% female) from Belém, Pará State, for their possible effects on the patients' survival. -alpha(3.7), -alpha(42), -alpha(20.5), and -(MED) alpha+-thalassemia deletion alleles were investigated using multiplex gap-PCR method....
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