Identification of the chinese IVS-II-654 (C→T) β-thalassemia mutation in an immigrant Turkish family: Recurrence or migration?

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-302

  Tadmouri, Ghazi Omar ^a   Bilenoǧlu, Onur ^a   Kutlar, Ferdane ^b   Markowitz, Rhea Beth ^b   Kutlar, Abdullah ^b   Başak, A Nazli ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0344096750     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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