References
- Old JM, Higgs DR. Gene analysis. In: Weatherall DJ, Ed. The Thalassemias, Methods in Hematology, vol. 6. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone. 1982:74
- Weatheral DJ, Clegg JB. The Thalassaemia Syndromes, 4th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science, 2001
- Ohta Y, Yamaoka K, Sumida I, et al. Homozygous δ thalassemia first discovered in Japanese family with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin. Blood. 1971;37(6):706–715
- Trifillis P, Ioannou P, Schwartz E, Surrey S. Identification of four novel δ-globin gene mutations in Greek Cypriots using polymerase chain reaction and automated fluorescence-base DNA sequence analysis. Blood. 1991;78(12):3298–3305
- Gambona A, Passararello C, Ruggeri G, et al. Analysis of δ-globin gene alleles in the Sicilian population: Identification of five new mutations. Haematologica. 2006;91(12):1681–1684
- Miller SA, Dykes DD, Polesky HF. A simple salting out procedure for extracting DNA from human nucleated cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988;16(3):1215
- Old JM, Varavalla NY, Weatherall DJ. The rapid detection and prenatal diagnosis of thalassaemia in the Asian Indian and Cypriot population in the UK. Lancet. 1990;336(8719):834–837
- Chong SS, Boehm CD, Higgs DR, Cutting GR. Single-tube multiplex-PCR screen for common deletional determinants of α-thalassemia. Blood. 2000;95(1):360–362
- Valaei A, Eghbalpour F, Kaini Moghaddam Z, et al. Co-inheritance of β- and δ-globin gene (Hb Yialousa) mutations in an Iranian β-thalassemia carrier. Int J Clin Med. 2012;3(7):633–636
- Pavlou E, Phylactides M, Kyrri A, et al. δ-Thalassemia in Cyprus. Hemoglobin. 2006;30(4):455–462
- Morgado A, Picanço I, Gomes S, et al. Mutational spectrum of δ-globin gene in the Portuguese population. Eur J Haematol. 2007;79(5):422–428
- De Angioletti M, Lacerra G, Gaudiano C, et al. Epidemiology of the δ globin alleles in southern Italy shows complex molecular, genetic, and phenotypic features. Hum Mutat. 2002;20(5):358–367
- Moi P, Paglietti E, Sanna A, et al. Delineation of the molecular basis of δ- and normal Hb A2 β-thalassemia. Blood. 1988;72(2):530–533
- Fessas P, Loukopoulos D, Kokkinou S, et al. Hemoglobin Knossos: A clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological study. Am J Hematol. 1986;21(2):119–133
- Orkin SH, Antonarakis SE, Loukopoulos D. Abnormal processing of β Knossos RNA. Blood. 1984;64(1):311–313
- Sharma RS, Williams L, Wilson JB, Huisman THJ. Hemoglobin-A2-Coburg or α2δ2116Arg → His (G18). Biochim Biophys Acta. 1975;393(2):379–382
- Hassan SM, Harteveld CL, Bakker E, Giordano PC. Known and new δ-globin gene mutations and other factors influencing Hb A2 measurement in the Omani population. Hemoglobin. 2014;38(4):299–302
- Amirian A, Karimipoor M, Jafarinejad M, et al. First report on the co-inheritance of β-globin IVS-I-5 (G → C) thalassemia with δ globin CD12 {Asn → Lys (AAT → AAA)} HbA2-NYU in Iran. Arch Iran Med. 2011;14(1):8–11
- Zeinali S, Eram SM, Azimifar B, et al. First report on co-inheritance of β IVSI-I (G → T) thalassemia with the δ CD85 {Phe → Ser (F1) (TTT → TCT)} HbA2 Etolia in Iran. Hematologica. 2006;91(6):45–46
- Eram SM, Azimifar B, Abolghasemi H, et al. The IVS-II-1 (G > A) β0 thalassemia mutation in cis with Hb A2-Troodos [δ116(G18)Arg → Cys (CGC → TGC)] causes a complex prenatal diagnosis in an Iranian family. Hemoglobin. 2005;29(4):289–292
- Amirian A, Jafarinejad M, Kordafshari AR, et al. Identification of a novel δ-globin gene mutation in an Iranian family. Hemoglobin. 2010;34(6):594–598