Published in Blood Weekly, June 25th, 2009
"The co-inheritance of beta-thalassemia with a-thalassemia with a single gene deletion (-alpha/alpha) is usually associated with thalassemia major. In contrast, the co-inheritance of beta-thalassemia with two alpha-genes deleted in cis or trans (--/alpha alpha or -alpha/-alpha) generally produces beta-thalassemia intermedia. In...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-25)
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