Article
The molecular basis of alpha-thalassemia in Thailand.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 1992
Winichagoon P, Fucharoen S, Wasi P
Abstract excerpt
Alpha thalassemia is the most common single gene mutation worldwide. In Thailand there exists 15-30% alpha-thalassemia carriers distributed throughout the country. DNA analysis by Southern blot hybridization reveals that the two major alpha-thalassemia alleles, alpha-thalassemia 1 and alpha-thala...
Topics
- Blood Protein Electrophoresis
- Blotting, Southern
- Erythrocyte Indices
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Frequency
- Globins
- Hemoglobin H
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
