Article
Beta-, delta beta-thalassemia and Hb lepore among Yugoslav, Bulgarian, Turkish and Albanian.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 2000
Efremov G D
Abstract excerpt
Over the past 20 years we have studied 1781 patients with beta-thalassemia syndromes of which 1481 Yugoslav, 166 Bulgarian, 102 Turkish and 32 Albanian. In this paper we summarize the data on the heterogeneity and molecular basis of beta-thal, delta beta-thal and Lepore hemoglobinopathy in these four nationalities living in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Beta-thalassemia is the most frequent form of thalassemia in all...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Ethnicity
- Genotype
- Globins
- Haplotypes
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal