Epidemiology of the delta globin alleles
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Maria De Angioletti; Giuseppina Lacerra; Carlo Gaudiano; Gabriella Mastrolonardo
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We characterized mutations and haplotypes of the delta-globin gene (HBD, MIM# 142000) in two regions of southern Italy. Mutations were discovered by screening for individuals with Hb A2<2%. In Basilicata, about 10,000 students were screened and 53 carriers in 43 unrelated families were diagnosed; in