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Co-inheritance of novel ATRX gene mutation and globin (α & β) gene mutations in transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia patients.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Al-Nafie Awatif N, Borgio J Francis, AbdulAzeez Sayed, Al-Suliman Ahmed M, Qaw Fuad S, Naserullah Zaki A, Al-Jarrash Sana, Al-Madan Mohammed S, Al-Ali Rudaynah A, AlKhalifah Mohammed A, Al-Muhanna Fahad, Steinberg Martin H, Al-Ali Amein K
Abstract excerpt
α-Thalassemia X-linked mental retardation syndrome is a rare inherited intellectual disability disorder due to mutations in the ATRX gene. In our previous study of the prevalence of β-thalassemia mutations in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, we confirmed the widespread coinheritance of α-tha...
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