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Spectrum of beta-thalassaemia mutations in the population of Saudi Arabia.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Hasounah F H, Sejeny S A, Omer J A, Old J M, Oliver R W
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A study of beta-thalassaemia alleles in 29 beta-thalassaemia homozygotes and HbS/beta-thalassaemia patients from western Saudi Arabia using the allele-specific priming technique of the polymerase chain reaction revealed a total of five mutations. The spectrum of mutations found in the western region is significantly different to that previously reported in the eastern region, and brings the total number of...
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