The Incidence of β-Thalassemia and Abnormal Hemoglobins in Turkey
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Acta Haematologica
- Vol. 45 (5) , 312-318
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000208641
Abstract
The present study has been carried out to estimate the gene frequency of thalassemia and abnormal hemoglobins in a random Turkish population. A total of 1,000 Haemoglobin A2 blood samples have been studied. Fifteen of 900 adults had elevated Hb A2 concentrations. 0.60% of the population studied had an electrophoretically demonstrable hemoglobin abnormality: 3 Hb AS, 1 Hb AE, 1 Hb AD and one Hb A’2 (‘split’ A2). Signs of α-thalassemia were found in one case. This study indicates that the incidence of β -thalassemia trait in Turkish population as 1.66%Keywords
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