Article
Thalassemia Intermedia Caused by 16p13.3 Sectional Duplication in a β-Thalassemia Heterozygous Child.
Pediatric hematology and oncology - 1 Jan 2015
Liu Sha, Jiang Hua, Wu Man-Yu, Zhang Yong-Ling, Li Dong-Zhi
Abstract excerpt
Thalassemia intermedia is an inherited hemoglobin disorder characterized by a significant genetic and clinical heterogeneity. A wide spectrum of different genotypes-homozygous, heterozygous, and compound heterozygous-have been found to be responsible for it. The authors describe a Chinese child o...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Multigene Family
- alpha-Globins
- beta-Thalassemia
