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In patients with β0 thalassaemia from Ferrara, β globin mRNA sequences are either absent or structurally abnormal while in β0 thalassaemia in Catania, β globin mRNA sequences are present. In δβ thalassaemia there is a deletion of β-like globin genes, while in β0 Catania DNA, no β globin gene deletion is detectable.
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Ramirez, F., O'Donnell, J., Marks, P. et al. Abnormal or absent β mRNA in β0 Ferrara and gene deletion in δβ thalassaemia. Nature 263, 471–475 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263471a0
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