β-Thalassemia gene mutations in Antalya, Turkey: results from a single centre study.

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β-Thalassemia (β-thal) is a common autosomal recessive disorder resulting from over 300 different mutations of the β-globin genes. Our aim was to create a mutation map of β-thal in the province of Antalya, Turkey. In this study, mutation analysis of a total 146 of β-thal patients followed at the Thalassemia Center of the Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, were included. Direct DNA sequence...

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