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Importance of molecular biology in the characterization of beta-thalassemia carriers.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Dell'Edera D, Pacella E, Epifania A A, Benedetto M, Tinelli A, Mazzone E, Laterza F, Malvasi A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The term beta-thalassemia includes all those hereditary disturbances of the hemoglobin (Hb), transferred trough a recessive autosomal mechanism, due to a reduced or else defective synthesis of beta globin sequences. The aim of this paper is to highlight as sometimes the only biochemical diagnosis is not exhaustive and a molecular diagnostic widening is necessary to detect the genetic deficiency that...
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