A new insertion mutation in the beta-globin gene [codons 45/46 (+A)] resulting in a beta-thalassemia minor phenotype

Gilbert Cornut1, Xiaoduan Weng, Louise Robin

  • 1Department of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Hemoglobin
|July 27, 2007
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