Abstract:Alpha thalassemias are the commonest group of hereditary hemoglobin disorders in the world, the most common cause being deletions involving the α globin genes on 16p13.3. We found a new α0 deletionassociated with the -α3.7 deletion in a 3-month-old brown-skinned female Brazilian patient with Hb H disease. The deletion was identified by Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) using the SALSA MLPA P140 C1 HBA kit (MRC Holland, Amsterdam, Holland). An approximately 360 kb-region of DNA extending f… Show more
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