Restriction enzymes analysis of the DNA from two unrelated Italian families with Hb Hasharon, a variant Hb (alpha 47asp replaced by his) frequently occurring in the Polesine area in Italy, indicates that this variant is associated to an alpha globin gene deletion. The alpha Hash genotype most likely results from a mutation on an alpha thal2 genotype.

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1980
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