*Corresponding Author E-mail: sadeqh.musa@uokufa.edu.iq
One hundred of beta thalassemia major patient's blood samples were collected in the Center Blood Diseases of Babylon hospital for Children and Maternity in Al-Hilla city. All samples of blood weresubjected to DNA isolation and molecular characterization of three beta-thalassemia mutations {IVS 1–110 (G-A)Fr16 and cod 8\9} using a PCR-ARMS technique. The Resultsshow that IVS1–110 mutation was the most common in the samples of patients as (22%)followed by Fr16 and Cod 8/9 were also detected but of lower percentage (8% and 3%, respectively).
Thalassemia, globin, mutation,
