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An initiation codon mutation as a cause of beta-thalassemia in a Belgian family.
Hemoglobin - 1 Feb 1993
Wildmann C, Larondelle Y, Vaerman J L, Eeckels R, Martiat P, Philippe M
Abstract excerpt
Nine asymptomatic members of a family of Belgian origin, spanning three generations, present typical features of heterozygous beta-thalassemia. Since no mutation was detected with a large panel of oligonucleotide probes, the thalassemia gene was investigated by direct sequencing of DNA segments amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. A T-->C transition was detected in the translation initiation codon (ATG)....
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