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Comparison of homozygous sickle cell disease in northern Greece and Jamaica.
Lancet (London, England) - 17 Mar 1990
Christakis J, Vavatsi N, Hassapopoulou H, Papadopoulou M, Mandraveli K, Loukopoulos D, Morris J S, Serjeant B E, Serjeant G R
Abstract excerpt
The clinical and haematological features of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease were compared in 30 Greek and 310 Jamacian patients. Deletional alpha-thalassaemia, which modifies SS disease, is rare among Greek patients, so only Jamacian patients with four alpha-globin genes were included in the control group. Greek patients had higher total haemoglobin concentration and red cell counts, and lower mean cell...
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