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Molecular characterization of α- and β-thalassaemia among Malay patients.
International journal of molecular sciences - 19 May 2014
Yatim Nur Fatihah Mohd, Rahim Masitah Abd, Menon Kavitha, Al-Hassan Faisal Muti, Ahmad Rahimah, Manocha Anita Bhajan, Saleem Mohamed, Yahaya Badrul Hisham
Abstract excerpt
Both α- and β-thalassaemia syndromes are public health problems in the multi-ethnic population of Malaysia. To molecularly characterise the α- and β-thalassaemia deletions and mutations among Malays from Penang, Gap-PCR and multiplexed amplification refractory mutation systems were used to study 13 α-thalassaemia determinants and 20 β-thalassaemia mutations in 28 and 40 unrelated Malays, respectively. Four...
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