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Alpha thalassemia allelic frequency in Lebanon.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Jan 2015
Farra Chantal, Badra Rebecca, Fares Farah, Muwakkit Samar, Dbaibo Ghassan, Dabbous Ibrahim, Ashkar Hanine, Mounsef Carla, Abboud Miguel R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hemoglobinopathies are the most common reported monogenic disorders worldwide. It is well established that Mediterranean and Arab countries are high risk areas for thalassemia in general, and for alpha thalassemia in particular. Reports of alpha thalassemia gene mutations from the Lebanese population are limited. PROCEDURE: We investigated the spectrum of alpha thalassemia mutations in a sample of 70...
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