Alpha-thalassaemia in Cyprus.
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- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 16 (5) , 363-365
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.16.5.363
Abstract
The frequency of alpha-thalassaemia in Cyprus was determined with studies of haemoglobin Bart's in 1200 Greek Cypriot and 132 Turkish Cypriot newborn babies. Of the Greek newborns, 12.4%, and of the Turkish newborns, 6.8% had raised Hb Bart's (from 0.6% to 12.9% of the total haemoglobin) suggesting that they were carriers of either alpha-thalassaemia-1 or alpha-thalassaemia-2 genes. The findings suggest that the population of Cyprus has the highest frequencies of alpha-thalassaemia among Caucasian people.Keywords
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