Beta-thalassemia intermedia in Turkey.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb24293.x

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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-...

Topics

Chromosome Deletion
DNA
Frameshift Mutation
Genetic Carrier Screening
Globins
Haplotypes
Homozygote
Humans
Mutation
Thalassemia
Turkey

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