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Rare β-Globin Gene Mutations in Pakistan.
Hemoglobin - 1 Mar 2017
Hussain Ahsan, Ahmed Suhaib, Ali Nadir, S Mailk Hamid, Anees Mariam, Chuahdry Altaf H, Ahmed Parvez
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to analyze the rare β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations in the Pakistani population. A total of 8716 unrelated Pakistani individuals having children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia were investigated by amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) for the previously reported common and rare β-thal mutations. Genomic sequencing of the β-globin gene and...
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