Papassotiriou I, Stamoulakatou A, Wajcman H, Kister J, Dimisianos G, Lazaropoulou C, Kanavaki I, Vavourakis E, Kattamis A, Kanavakis E, Traeger-Synodinos J. Observation of a rare hemoglobin variant [Hb Lulu island, beta107(G9)Gly-->Asp, GGC-->GAC] co-inherited with a beta+-thalassemia mutation [IVS-I-110 (G-->A)] or in the heterozygous state in a Greek-Albanian family.
Hemoglobin 2006;
30:409-18. [PMID:
16987796 DOI:
10.1080/03630260600867842]
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Abstract
We report clinical, hematological, biochemical, functional and molecular studies carried out on two first cousins from a Greek-Albanian family who have clinical and hematological findings consistent with the diagnosis of thalassemia intermedia. DNA studies determined that they had co-inherited a common Mediterranean beta-thalassemia (thal) mutation, IVS-I-110 (G-->A), in trans to a beta-globin gene mutation at codon 107 (GGC-->GAC), predicted to give rise to a rare unstable beta chain variant Hb Lulu Island or beta107(G9)Gly-->Asp.
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