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Novel 31.2 kb α0 Deletion in a Palestinian Family with α-Thalassemia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2015
Brieghel Christian, Birgens Henrik, Frederiksen Henrik, Hertz Jens M, Steenhof Maria, Petersen Jesper
Abstract excerpt
A previously unknown α(0) deletion, designated - -(DANE), was found in three generations of a Danish family of Palestinian origin. Six patients were heterozygous and three patients had deletional Hb H (β4) disease with a compound heterozygosity for the common -α(3.7) (rightward) deletion. Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) supplemented by repeated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification...
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