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Mutation Spectrum of β-Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopathies in Chittagong, Southeast Bangladesh.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2015
Chatterjee Tridip, Chakravarty Amit, Chakravarty Sudipa, Chowdhury Mahmood Ahmed, Sultana Razia
Abstract excerpt
Thalassemia is one of the most common autosomal recessive blood disorders in the world. It shows a variety of clinical expression, starting from asymptomatic to severe blood transfusion dependence. More than 500 alleles have been characterized in or around the β-globin region. Moreover, most geographical regions have their own characteristics, frequency and availability of these alleles, predominantly circulating...
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