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Molecular Understanding of Severe Cases of β-Thalassemia in the Nablus Region, West Bank, Palestine

Leen SamhaUniversity of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; ;Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;
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Mahmoud M. SirdahDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; ;Biology Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine;
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N. Scott ReadingInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; ;Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; ;Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;
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Bashar KarmiThe Thalassemia Patients’ Friends Society/MediCare Pathology Laboratories, West Bank, Ramallah, Palestine
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Archana M. AgarwalInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; ;Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 128-130 | Received 17 Dec 2019, Accepted 12 Apr 2020, Published online: 18 May 2020

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