Mosaic segmental uniparental isodisomy and progressive clonal selection: a common mechanism of late onset β-thalassemia major

Genomic DNA of 3 patients, born as healthy carriers and developing a late-onset severe transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia major was studied by high-density genome wide SNP array analysis. A mosaic loss of heterozygosity for almost the entire 11p was found, not attributable to deletions but invol...

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Main Authors: Cornelis L. Harteveld, Chiara Refaldi, Antonino Giambona, Claudia A. L. Ruivenkamp, Mariëtte J. V. Hoffer, Jeroen Pijpe, Peter De Knijff, Caterina Borgna-Pignatti, Aurelio Maggio, Maria D. Cappellini, Piero C. Giordano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2013-05-01
Series:Haematologica
Online Access:https://haematologica.org/article/view/6655