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Active spread of β-thalassemia beyond the thalassemia belt: A study on a Russian population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 2025
Shchemeleva Ekaterina, Salomashkina Valentina V, Selivanova Daria, Tsvetaeva Nina, Melikyan Anait, Doronina Liliya, Surin Vadim L
Abstract excerpt
β-Thalassemia is a disease traditionally associated with thalassemia belt countries. Nonetheless, as global migration intensifies, β-thalassemia-causing variants spread far from their origin. We investigated this process to detect some patterns underlying its course. We analyzed β-thalassemia-causing variants and the origin of 676 unrelated participants in Moscow, the largest city of Russia, far away from the...
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