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Case Report: β-thalassemia major on the East African coast

Background: β-thalassemia is rare in sub-Saharan Africa and to our knowledge there has been no case of homozygous β-thalassemia major reported from this region. In a recent cohort study, we identified four β-thalassemia mutations among 83 heterozygous carriers in Kilifi, Kenya. One of the mutations...

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Autores principales:	Macharia, Alexander W., Mochamah, George, Makale, Johnstone, Howard, Thad, Mturi, Neema, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Färnert, Anna, Ware, Russell E., Williams, Thomas N.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	F1000 Research Limited 2022
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10551670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37811313 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17907.1

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