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The spectrum of α-thalassemia mutations in the Kurdish population of Northeastern Iraq.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2013
Al-Allawi Nasir A S, Jalal Sana D, Rasheed Najeeb S, Bayat Nooshin, Imanian Hashem, Najmabadi Hossein, Faraj Azad
Abstract excerpt
In an attempt to determine the spectrum of α-thalassemia (α-thal) mutations in the Kurdish population of Northeastern (NE) Iraq, a total of 101 unrelated adults with unexplained hypochromia and/or microcytosis were enrolled. α-Thalasssemia mutations were characterized by gap polymerase chain reaction (gap-PCR), multiplex PCR (m-PCR) and reverse hybridization and sequencing for both α genes. A total of nine α-thal...
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