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[Studies of beta-thalassemia mutations and prenatal diagnosis in Guangxi, Guangdong and Sichuan Provinces of south China].
Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae - 1 Apr 1990
Liu J
Abstract excerpt
beta-Thalassemia is one of the most common single gene disorders in South China, and ten different point mutations and frameshifts have been observed among Chinese. We studied 150 chromosomes of 95 beta-thalassemia patients from Guangxi, Guangdong and Sichuan Provinces using the polymerase chain reaction followed by dot hybridization with specific oligonucleotide probes. The most common mutations were the...
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