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. 1989 Apr;73(5):1081-104.

A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster

D R Higgs¹, M A Vickers, A O Wilkie, I M Pretorius, A P Jarman, D J Weatherall

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PMID: 2649166

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Review

A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster

D R Higgs et al. Blood. 1989 Apr.

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. 1989 Apr;73(5):1081-104.

Authors

D R Higgs¹, M A Vickers, A O Wilkie, I M Pretorius, A P Jarman, D J Weatherall

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¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliff Hospital, Oxford, England.

PMID: 2649166

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