Article
Beta-thalassemia intermedia in Turkey.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 1990
Altay C, Gürgey A
Abstract excerpt
DNA data have been collected for 41 patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia without transfusion dependency. They belonged to 33 families, and 45 of their parents were included in the study. Eight patients were homozygous for the frameshift at codon 8 (-AA), and nine were homozygous for the IVS-2 nt 1 (G----A) mutation; haplotypes IV and III, respectively, were associated with these mutations. Three patients had...
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