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Modifier genes in Mendelian disorders: the example of hemoglobin disorders.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2010
Sankaran Vijay G, Lettre Guillaume, Orkin Stuart H, Hirschhorn Joel N
Abstract excerpt
The disorders of hemoglobin, including sickle cell disease (SCD) and β-thalassemia, are the most common "Mendelian" genetic diseases in the world. Numerous studies have demonstrated the complexity in making genotype-phenotype correlations in both SCD and β-thalassemia. Indeed, patients with exact...
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