Detection of IVSII-1 Mutation of Beta Globin Gene in Carriers of Thalassemia Minor Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis

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Authors

1 Department of Genetics, School of Basic Sciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, School of Basic Sciences AND Research Institute of Biotechnology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Applied Physiology Research Center AND Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-communicable Disease AND Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: Beta-thalassemia is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders in the world population caused by more than 200 different mutations in the beta-globin chain. It is clinically classified as minor, intermediate and major. Beta-thalassemia is the most common monogenic disease in the Mediterranean countries, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia and one of the widespread hereditary disorders in Iran. Among different

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