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The spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Malays in Singapore and Kelantan.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Mar 1996
Abdullah W A, Jamaluddin N B, Kham S K, Tan J A
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The spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Malays in Singapore and Kelantan (Northeast Malaysia) was studied. Allele specific priming was used to determine the mutations in beta-carriers at -28, Codon 17, IVSI #1, IVSI #5, Codon 41-42 and IVSII #654 along the beta-globin gene. The most common structural hemoglobin variant in Southeast Asia, Hb E, was detected by DNA amplification with restriction enzyme (Mnl1)...
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