Beta-thalassemia in southwestern Iran.

doi:10.3109/03630269308997497

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Beta-thalassemia in southwestern Iran.

Hemoglobin - 1 Oct 1993

Merat A, Haghshenas M, Pour Z M, Plonczynski M W, Harrell A N, Coleman M B, Steinberg M H

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Seventeen unrelated beta-thalassemia patients or carriers from Southwestern Iran were examined for the beta-globin gene mutations by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the beta-globin gene and direct genomic sequencing, or by the method of allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization. Th...

Topics

Base Sequence
Carrier State
Globins
Humans
Iran
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
beta-Thalassemia

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