beta-thalassemia intermedia in a Brazilian patient with - 101(C > T) and codon 39 (C > T) mutations

beta-thalassemia intermedia in a Brazilian patient with - 101(C > T) and codon 39 (C > T) mutations

CONTEXT: We verified molecular alterations in a 72-year-old Brazilian male patient with a clinical course of homozygous beta-thalassemia intermedia, who had undergone splenectomy and was surviving without regular blood transfusions. The blood cell count revealed microcytic and hypochromic anemia (he...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Morais de Sousa, Letícia Khater, Luís Antônio Peroni, Karine Miranda, Marcelo Jun Murai, Dulcinéia Martins Albuquerque, Paulo Arruda, Sara Terezinha Ollala Saad, Fernando Ferreira Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Beta thalassemia
Mutations
Beta globin
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