Article
Deletional types of alpha-thalassaemia in central Java.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 1992
Tan J A, Tay J S, Soemantri A, Kham S K, Wong H B, Lai P S, Saha N
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of deletional alpha-thalassaemia in a Javanese population sample (n = 103) was investigated at three restriction sites of the alpha-globin gene (BamHI, BglII and RsaI). The overall gene frequency of alpha+ deletional thalassaemia was found to be very low (0.03). Leftward (-alpha 4.2...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genotype
- Globins
- Humans
- Incidence
- Indonesia
- Male
- alpha-Thalassemia