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Association of BCL11A genetic variant (rs11886868) with severity in β-thalassaemia major & sickle cell anaemia.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Apr 2016
Dadheech Sneha, Madhulatha D, Jainc Suman, Joseph James, Jyothy A, Munshi Anjana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: The amount of foetal haemoglobin that persists in adulthood affects the clinical severity of haemoglobinopathies including β-thalassaemia major and sickle cell anaemia (SCA). The present study was undertaken to analyse β-thalassaemia as well as SCA patients for the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs11886868 (T/C) in BCL11A gene and to evaluate the association between this...
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