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Haematological phenotypes in a family with triplicated alpha-globin gene, beta zero 39 and delta+27 thalassaemia
L Oggiano1, E Rimini, L Frogheri
1Istituto CNR per lo Studio della Patologia del Sangue, Sassari, Italy.
In this paper we report an unusual Sardinian family, in which the heterozygosity for beta zero 39-thalassaemia and for triple alpha-globin gene complex have been found in two members: the former showing a high HbA2 mild thalassaemia intermedia syndrome, the latter, her daughter, showing a normal HbA2 thalassaemia trait. Molecular analysis revealed the daughter to also be a carrier of a delta+27-thalassaemia point mutation, which in trans to the beta zero 39 defect invariably normalizes the HbA2 levels.
In this paper we report an unusual Sardinian family, in which the heterozygosity for beta zero 39-thalassaemia and for triple alpha-globin gene complex have been found in two members: the former showing a high HbA2 mild thalassaemia intermedia syndrome, the latter, her daughter, showing a normal HbA2 thalassaemia trait. Molecular analysis revealed the daughter to also be a carrier of a delta+27-thalassaemia point mutation, which in trans to the beta zero 39 defect invariably normalizes the HbA2 levels.
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