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Distribution of alpha-thalassemia mutations in Iranian population.
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2015
Dehbozorgian Javad, Moghadam Mohamad, Daryanoush Saeed, Haghpanah Sezaneh, Imani Fard Jaber, Aramesh Azam, Shahsavani Amin, Karimi Mehran
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BACKGROUND: Alpha-thalassemia as one of the most common monogenetic disorders is widely spread over the Mediterranean, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern populations, including Iran. Although beta-thalassemia is much more common than alpha-thalassemia, alpha-thalassemia is still one of the main health problems in Iran with different mutation frequencies in various ethnic groups. So the evaluation of...
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