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Regulatory Mutation Study in Cases with Unsolved Hypochromic Microcytic Anemia and α-Major Regulatory Element Haplotype Analysis in Iran

Sara Alimohammadi-Bidhendia Department of Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;b Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Sarah Azadmehrb Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran;c Department of Genetics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahr-e Rey, Payame Noor University, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Masoumeh Razipourb Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran;d Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Sirous Zeinalib Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran;e Medical Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Zeinali, Kawsar Human Genetics Research Center, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Maryam Eslamif Departments of Genetics, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;g Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranView further author information
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Elham Davoudi-Dehaghanib Department of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 37-40 | Received 27 Jul 2020, Accepted 21 Jan 2021, Published online: 27 Mar 2021

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