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Alpha thalassaemia and extended alpha globin genes in Sri Lanka.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Feb 2013
Suresh Sasikala, Fisher Christopher, Ayyub Helena, Premawardhena Anuja, Allen Angela, Perera Ashok, Bandara Dayananda, Olivieri Nancy, Weatherall David
Abstract excerpt
The α-globin genes were studied in nine families with unexplained hypochromic anaemia and in 167 patients with HbE β thalassaemia in Sri Lanka. As well as the common deletion forms of α(+) thalassaemia three families from an ethnic minority were found to carry a novel form of α(0) thalassaemia, one family carried a previously reported form of α(0) thalassaemia, --(THAI), and five families had different forms of...
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