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Hemoglobinopathy

Co-inheritance of HBB:c.−106G > C, a rare single nucleotide variation at position −56 relative to transcription initiation site, with other known mutations in the globin clusters

Margherita VinciguerraDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases. UOC of Haematology 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. UOC of Haematology 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. UOC of Haematology 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. UOC of Haematology 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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Monica CannataDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases. UOC of Haematology 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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Elisa FerroDepartment of Human Pathology of adult and Developmental age, Gaetano Barresi, G Martino University Hospital, Messina, Italy
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Davide AnzàDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases. UOC of Haematology 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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Giuseppina CalvarusoDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases. UOC of Haematology 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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Aurelio MaggioDepartment of Hematology for Rare Diseases. UOC of Haematology 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. UOC of Haematology for rare diseases of Blood and Blood-forming Organs. Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of rare Diseases, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 368-372 | Published online: 20 Nov 2017

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