Silent β-thalassemia mutations at -101 (C>T) and -71 (C>T) and their coinheritance with the sickle cell mutation in Bahrain.

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Silent β-thalassemia (β-thal) is a group of mutations affecting the β-globin gene that cannot be differentiated in heterozygote states from normal conditions by using conventional criteria for the diagnosis of β-thal trait. Here we report the existence of two silent β-thal mutations in the popula...

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