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Heterozygous beta-thalassemia with thalassemia intermedia phenotype.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jan 1998
Gasperini D, Perseu L, Melis M A, Maccioni L, Sollaino M C, Paglietti E, Cao A, Galanello R
Abstract excerpt
In this study we investigated the molecular bases of the beta-thalassemia intermedia phenotype in six patients belonging to two unrelated families of Sardinian descent. Sequence analysis of the beta globin gene from these patients detected, as the sole abnormality, the heterozygosity for the codon 39 nonsense mutation. The A gamma and Ggamma promoters as well as the HS2 and HS3 core sequences of the beta globin...
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