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Hemoglobin
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Volume 34, 2010 - Issue 4
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Identification of a New Mutation on the β-Globin Gene: Codons 8/9 (+AGAA); GAG.AAG.TCT(Glu-Lys-Ser)>GAG. AAAGAAG, in a Patient From the North of France with a Phenotype of β-Thalassemia Minor

Anne France Georgel Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Pôle de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU), Lille, France
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Claude Méreau Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Pôle de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU), Lille, France
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Christophe Willekens Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Catholique de Lille (GH-ICL), Lille, France
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Emmanuelle Bourgeois Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Catholique de Lille (GH-ICL), Lille, France
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Patrice Maboudou Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Pôle de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU), Lille, France
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Michel Crépin Plateau Commun de Séquençage, Pôle de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, CHRU Lille, France
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Serge Pissard Service de Biochimie et de Genetique, APHP, hop Henri Mondor et Universite Paris Est Creteil (UPEC), France
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Christian Rose Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Pôle de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU), Lille, France; Centre de Compétence Pour la Prise en Charge des Pathologies Erythrocytaires, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Université Catholique de Lille (GH-ICL), Lille, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 389-393 | Received 19 Dec 2009, Accepted 24 Apr 2010, Published online: 19 Jul 2010

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