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international journal for hemoglobin research
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Original Article

Prenatal Diagnosis and Molecular Analysis of a Large Novel Deletion (– –JS) Causing α0-Thalassemia

Jinru CaoPrenatal Diagnosis Center, The Third People’s Hospital of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China; Correspondence[email protected]
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Shuzhen HePrenatal Diagnosis Center, The Third People’s Hospital of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China;
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Yudong PuPrenatal Diagnosis Center, The Third People’s Hospital of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China;
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Jingjing LiuYaneng BIOscience (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, Guandong Province, People’s Republic of China;
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Fuping LiuYaneng BIOscience (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, Guandong Province, People’s Republic of China;
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Jun FengSchool of Medicine, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China
Pages 243-247 | Received 17 May 2017, Accepted 23 Aug 2017, Published online: 10 Nov 2017

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