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Co-Inheritance of α-thalassemia gene mutation in patients with sickle cell Disease: Impact on clinical and hematological variables.
Nigerian journal of clinical practice - 1 Jun 2021
Ali Al-Barazanchi Z A, Abdulateef S S, Hassan Meaad Kadhum
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic, phenotypically highly variable disease with multisystem pathology. The phenotypic heterogeneity of SCD is attributed to environmental and genetic factors such as fetal hemoglobin and co-inheritance of α-thalassemia. OBJECTIVES: To look for different types of α-thalassemia gene mutations among SCD patients and evaluate the influence of the co-inheritance of...
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