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A novel 6.3 kb deletion and the Rare 27.6 kb Deletion Causing α+-Thalassemia in two Chinese Patients.
Hemoglobin - 1 Sept 2016
Wang Xian-Yao, Lin Ming-Xiang, Lin Min
Abstract excerpt
We report a novel -α6.3 deletion and a rare -α27.6 deletion causing α+-thalassemia (α+-thal), in two Chinese patients. One patient was a 35-year-old Chinese man with a mild α+-thal phenotype [mean corpuscular volume (MCV) 83.6 fL] and the Hb A2 level (2.5%) was close to borderline of the normal range. Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) revealed a novel 6344 bp deletion involving the entire...
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