Article
Alpha-thalassaemia.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 28 May 2010
Harteveld Cornelis L, Higgs Douglas R
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-thalassaemia is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by a microcytic hypochromic anaemia, and a clinical phenotype varying from almost asymptomatic to a lethal haemolytic anaemia.It is probably the most common monogenic gene disorder in the world and is especially frequent in Mediterranean countries, South-East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and in the Indian subcontinent. During the...
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