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South-East Asian ovalocytosis among the population of the Highlands of Madagascar: a vestigé of the island's settlement.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Rabe T, Jambou R, Rabarijaona L, Raharimalala L, Rason M A, Ariey F, Dhermy D
Abstract excerpt
In the Madagascar Highlands, 0.76% of children from 168 random primary schools, and 19 of 150 families from 3 villages, had oval-shaped erythrocytes. Most harboured the deletion in the band 3 gene characteristic of South-East Asian ovalocytosis. This genetic trait supports the Indonesian origin of the Madagascar settlement.
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