Prevalence and clinical phenotype of the triplicated α-globin genes and its ethnic and geographical distribution in Guizhou of China

Abstract Background α-thalassemia is relatively endemic in Guizhou province of southwestern China. To predict the clinical manifestations of α-globin gene aberration for genetic counseling, we examined the prevalence of the α-globin triplication and the genotype–phenotype correlation in this subpopu...

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Main Authors: Xi Luo, Xiang-mei Zhang, Liu-song Wu, Jindong Chen, Yan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-021-00944-9