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Xmn1-G γ polymorphism and clinical predictors of severity of disease in β-thalassemia intermedia.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Dec 2011
Oberoi Sapna, Das Reena, Panigrahi Inusha, Kaur Jasbir, Marwaha Ram K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To determine the prevalence of Xmn1-(G)γ polymorphism in North Indian children and adolescents with β thalassemia intermedia (TI) and to correlate it with disease severity. METHODS: All patients of thalassemia intermedia presenting to the pediatric hematology clinic of a tertiary care hospital in North India were enrolled. Clinical severity of their disease was assessed by a phenotypic score proposed...
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