A Novel Frameshift Mutation at Codon 2 (-T) (: c.9delT) and First Report of Three New β-Globin Mutations From Azerbaijan.

We identified a novel mutation of β-thalassemia (β-thal) in a heterozygous carrier from Azerbaijan. Phenotypical data and molecular mechanisms of codon 2 (-T) (: c.9delT) was relevant to β-thal.

[Clinical and morphologic parallels in children with rheumatoid mono- and oligoarthritis].

Altogether 88 children with rheumatoid arthritis were examined. Of these, 36 patients were with an injury to one articulation and 52 with an injury to one to three articulations. The clinical features of the articulation syndrome, the data obtained as a result of studying synovial fluid and of the morphological picture of synovial biopsy specimens made it possible to denote rheumatoid mono- and oligoarthritis in children as benign varieties of the disease with primarily local (in articulations) inflammatory process.