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The first report of a homozygous codons 9/10 (+T) β-thalassemia mutation in a Turkish patient.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2015
Unal Sule, Chui David H K, Luo Hong-Yuan, Okur Hamza, Oymak Yesim, Gumruk Fatma
Abstract excerpt
For the first time in Turkey, we report a thalassemic patient with a homozygous codons 9/10 (+T) genotype. Currently, the patient is 3 years and 2 months old and received an initial transfusion at the age of 18 months. After being alloimmunized following this transfusion, he required frequent transfusions, every week to every other week. Although alloimmunization was controlled after methyl-prednisolone,...
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