Article
Coinheritance of Triplicated Alpha-Globin Gene and Beta-Thalassemia Mutations in Adulthood: Ten Years of Referrals in Northern Greece.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Nov 2020
Theodoridou Stamatia, Balassopoulou Angeliki, Boutou Effrossyni, Delaki Evangelia-Eleni, Yfanti Eleni, Vyzantiadis Timoleon-Achilleas, Vetsiou Evangelia, Voskaridou Ersi, Vlachaki Efthymia
Abstract excerpt
Greece is a country of ~11 million people, where hemoglobinopathies are the most common genetic diseases. The reported data describe the clinical phenotype of cases with coinheritance of triplicated α-globin (anti-α3.7 kb) and β-globin gene mutations in Northern Greece, that were referred within the last 10 years, in The Adult Thalassemia Unit of "Hippokration" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. The...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Greece
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
