First Report of Filipino β0-Thalassemia/β-Thalassemia in a Chinese Family.

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A pregnant woman living in Fujian Province, southeastern China, presented due to a risk of having a baby with β-thalassemia major, during her second pregnancy, since she and her husband were suspected as β-thalassemia carriers and their affected daughter was a transfusion-dependent patient. Using the common α-thalassemia and β-thalassemia genotypes test, the pregnant woman was diagnosed as a β-thalassemia carrier...

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