Co-Inheritance of Heterozygous β<sup>0</sup>-Thalassemia with Single Functional α-Globin Gene: Challenges of Carrier Detection in Pre-Marital Screening Program for Thalassemia

This is a report of a couple with abnormal hematological indices who were investigated for α & β-thalassemia mutations. Based on CBC and capillary hemoglobin electrophoresis results, the male and female subjects were β & α-thalassemia carriers, respectively. Multiplex-Gap-PCR and Sanger sequ...

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Main Authors: Hossein Jalali, Hossein Karami, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi, Mehrad Mahdavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Thalassemia Reports
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4365/12/3/15