Double heterozygocity for hemoglobin C and beta thalassemia dominant: A rare case of thalassemia intermedia

Beta thalassemia dominant results from mutations in the β globin chain gene resulting in the production of elongated, highly unstable beta globin chains. Several such mutations have been described and in a heterozygous state they may confer a phenotype more severe than that of β thalassemia trait an...

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Published in:	Hematology Reports
Main Authors:	Alexandra Agapidou, Paul King, Cecilia Ng, Dimitris A. Tsitsikas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Thalassemia, HbC, electrophoresis, DNA analysis
Online Access:	http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/7447