A new frameshift β°-thalassemia mutation
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Shiping Cai; David H. K. Chui; Judy Ng; Annette O. Poon; Melvin H. Freedman; Dr.
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A new pthalassemia mutation, a frameshift mutation with an insertion of a single cytosine nucleotide in codon 27-28, is described. The propositus, who is compound heterozygous for this mutation and the IVSll-654 C+T p"-thalassemia mutation, has the phenotype of severe p-thalassemia major.