Article
Types of thalassemia among patients attending a large university clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 1992
George E, Li H J, Fei Y J, Reese A L, Baysal E, Cepreganova B, Wilson J B, Gu L H, Nechtman J F, Stoming T A
Abstract excerpt
We have identified the beta-thalassemia mutations in 59 patients with thalassemia major and 47 patients with Hb E-beta-thalassemia, and the deletional and nondeletional alpha-thalassemia determinants in 23 out of 24 patients with Hb H disease. All persons were attending the Haematology Clinic at...
Topics
- Academic Medical Centers
- Adult
- Alleles
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Malaysia
- Male
- Mutation
- Retrospective Studies