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Introduction of novel α1-hemoglobin gene mutation with transfusion-dependent phenotype.
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Apr 2017
Zekavat Omid Reza, Dehghani Seyed Javad, Imanifard Jaber, Dehbozorgian Javad, Zareifar Soheila, Haghpanah Sezaneh
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Thalassemia is the most frequently monogenetic disorders around the world that is inherited as a recessive single-gene disease, resulting from mutations in α- or β-globin gene clusters. The aim of this report was to present a new insertional mutation in the α1 globin gene which causes transfusion-dependent anemia in α-thalassemic patients. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: Two 5-year-old girls with...
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