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Beta zero-thalassemia in a Thai family is caused by a 3.4 kb deletion including the entire beta-globin gene.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 1990
Sanguansermsri T, Pape M, Laig M, Hundrieser J, Flatz G
Abstract excerpt
DNA analysis of a Northern Thai family with a child affected with beta-thalassemia major revealed a novel deletion of 3.4 kb removing the entire beta-globin gene in the proposita and her mother. Detailed mapping of the deletion located the 5' breakpoint in the region between nucleotides -810 and -128 of the beta-globin locus, and the 3' breakpoint between the Ava II and Xmn I sites located downstream of the...
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