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[Genetically based states of elevated quantity of foetal haemoglobin (Hb F) in healthy individuals and patients].
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 1 Jan 2011
Musielak Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
During human development, the switch from foetal gamma- to adult beta-globin on chromosome 11p is not complete resulting in the residual gamma-globin expression in a modest subpopulation of erythrocytes termed "F-cells". Genetic determinants that are responsible for higher level of Hb F include various mutations within the beta-globin gene cluster as well as singular nucleotide polymorphisms in other loci...
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