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A Comprehensive Molecular Investigation of α-Thalassemia in an Iranian Cohort from Different Provinces of North Iran.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2017
Eftekhari Hajar, Tamaddoni Ahmad, Mahmoudi Nesheli Hassan, Vakili Mohsen, Sedaghat Sadegh, Banihashemi Ali, Azizi Mandana, Youssefi Kamangar Reza, Akhavan-Niaki Haleh
Abstract excerpt
α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is the most common monogenic disease that is caused by the absence or reduced expression of α-globin genes. The aim of this study was to investigate common α-globin mutations and their associated haplotypes in four northern provinces of Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran, Golestan, Khorasan). One thousand, one hundred and ninety-one persons were tested for α-thal mutations by gap-polymerase chain...
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