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The Southeast Asian 12.5 KB (delta-beta) degrees-deletion: a common beta-thalassemia in Mon-Khmer groups (Lao Theung) of South Laos.
Haematologica - 1 Aug 2004
Sanguansermsri Torpong, Sengchanh Sourideth, Horst David, Eigel Antonin, Flatz Gebhard, Horst Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Seven patients with unexplained anemia and mild thalassemic features were ascertained during a survey of hemoglobinopathies in the Sekong Province in South Laos. These patients belong to the Austroasiatic (Mon-Khmer) population of South Laos (official designation Lao Theung). Hemoglobin electrophoresis on cellulose acetate showed absence of Hb A and two bands in the positions of Hb E and Hb F respectively....
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