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Confirmation of a founder effect in a Northern European population of a new β-globin variant: HBB:c.23_26dup (codons 8/9 (+AGAA)).
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2015
Marchi Nina, Pissard Serge, Cliquennois Manuel, Vasseur Christian, Le Metayer Nathalie, Mereau Claude, Jouet Jean Pierre, Georgel Anne-France, Genin Emmanuelle, Rose Christian
Abstract excerpt
β-Thalassemia is a genetic disease caused by a defect in the production of the β-like globin chain. More than 200 known different variants can lead to the disease and are mainly found in populations that have been exposed to malaria parasites. We recently described a duplication of four nucleotides in the first exon of β-globin gene in several families of patients living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France). Using the...
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