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Volume 43, 2019 - Issue 3
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Double Heterozygosity for Hb Durham-N.C. (HBB: c.344T>C) [β114(G16)Leu→Pro] and the IVS-I-110 (HBB: c.93-21G>A) Causing a Severe β-Thalassemia Phenotype

Monica CannataDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Filippo CassaràDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Margherita VinciguerraDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Paola LicariDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Cristina PassarelloDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Filippo LetoDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Carmen Lo PintoDepartment of Pediatrics, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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Lorella PitroloDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Riccardo GanciDepartment of Pediatrics, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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Aurelio MaggioDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy;
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Antonino GiambonaDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 210-213 | Received 21 Jun 2019, Accepted 04 Jul 2019, Published online: 28 Aug 2019

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