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First Report of a Dominantly Inherited β-Thalassemia Caused by a Novel Elongated β-Globin Chain.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2016
Farashi Samaneh, Rad Fariba, Shahmohammadi Bahram, Imanian Hashem, Azarkeivan Azita, Najmabadi Hossein
Abstract excerpt
A distinct set of mutations on the β-globin gene leads to dominantly inherited β-thalassemia (β-thal) that is associated with a disease phenotype in a single mutant copy. We described molecular and hematological characteristics of a novel elongated β-globin chain in combination with a known hemoglobin (Hb) variant (N-Baltimore or HBB: c.286A>G) in cis. The highly unstable Hb variant caused typical features of...
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