Genotype-Phenotype Profile of Beta-thalassemia.

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BACKGROUND: Beta thalassemias are extremely heterogenous hereditary monogenic blood disorders and preventable genetic hemolytic anemia caused by >200 mutations in HBB gene. In Nepal, it is more prevalent in Tharu tribe but it seen in other communities as well. Out of more than 200 mutations of beta globin gene, approximate 20 different alleles are responsible for >80% of the mutations. Mutations vary in different...

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