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Characterization of Two Deep Intronic Variants on the β-Globin Gene with Inconsistent Interpretations of Clinical Significance.
Hemoglobin - 1 Mar 2018
Grimholt Runa M, Harteveld Cornelis L, Arkesteijn Sandra G J, Fjeld Bente, Klingenberg Olav
Abstract excerpt
Sequence variants located in the introns of the β-globin gene may affect the mRNA processing and cause β-thalassemia (β-thal). Sequence variants that change one of the invariant dinucleotides at the exon-intron boundaries may have fatal consequences for normal mRNA splicing. Intronic variants located far from obvious regulatory sequences can be more difficult to evaluate. There is a potential for...
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