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Relationship between genotype and phenotype. Thalassemia intermedia.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 30 Jun 1998
Galanello R, Cao A
Abstract excerpt
Thalassemia intermedia encompasses a number of clinical conditions ranging in severity from beta-thalassemia carrier state to transfusion-dependent thalassemia major. The molecular bases of thalassemia intermedia, only partially defined, are very heterogeneous, but in general any factor able to reduce the globin-chain imbalance results in a milder form of thalassemia. These factors are the presence of a silent or...
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