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Identification of several alpha-globin gene variations in a small Laotian family.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 1995
Smetanina N S, Leonova J Y, Levy N, Huisman T H
Abstract excerpt
The present study concerns the identification of four alpha-globin gene deficiencies, one alpha 1-globin gene mutation, and one beta-globin gene mutation in a Laotian couple and their newborn baby. The parents were Hb E heterozygotes and the baby was an Hb E homozygote. The father carried the 4.2-kb deletion on one chromosome and a TAA-->CAA mutation at the terminating codon of the alpha 2-gene (Hb Constant...
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