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β -thalassemia intermedia in Northern Iraq: a single center experience.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Al-Allawi Nasir A S, Jalal Sana D, Mohammad Ameen M, Omer Sharaza Q, Markous Raji S D
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular basis of β -thalassemia intermedia in Northern Iraq and evaluate its management practices, a total of 74 patients from 51 families were enrolled. The patients were clinically and hematologically reevaluated, and had their β-thalassemia mutations characterized, as well as the number of α-globin genes and Xmn I (G)γ-158 (C>T) polymorphism studied. Out of 14 β-thalassemia mutations...
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