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Dominantly transmitted beta-thalassemia arising from the production of several aberrant mRNA species and one abnormal peptide.
Blood - 15 Jan 1998
Faustino P, Osório-Almeida L, Romão L, Barbot J, Fernandes B, Justiça B, Lavinha J
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We describe a dominantly inherited beta-thalassemia intermedia phenotype observed in a five-generation Portuguese family. Carriers are characterized by moderate anemia, hypochromia, microcytosis, elevated hemoglobin (Hb)A2 and HbF levels, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and inclusion bodies in peripheral red blood cells after splenectomy. The molecular basis of this condition is a small deletion within the 5'...
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