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Title: Deletions and duplications of α or ζ globin genes in children with sickle cell anemia
Authors: Felice, Alex
McKie, Virgil C.
McKie, Kathleen Mood
Huisman, Titus Hendrik Jan
Keywords: Hemoglobin
Hemoglobinopathy
Thalassemia
Sickle cell anemia
Molecular microbiology
Issue Date: 1984
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
Citation: Felice, A., McKie, V. C., McKie, K., & Huisman, T. H. J. (1984). Deletions and duplications of α or ζ globin genes in children with sickle cell anemia. Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Miami Beach.
Abstract: DNA samples from 345 Black children, aged 0-18 years with SS, SC and Sβ+Thal were tested with restriction endonucleases and α or ζ globin DNA probes. A -3.7 kb type of α-Thal-2 (or -α/) was found in 34% with -α/αα and 4% with -α/-α (gene frequency= 0.20). None had the -4.2 kb type of α-Thal-2. The incidence of a-Thal-2 was the same among SS, SC and Sβ+Thal patients.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/82539
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