Article
Serum haptoglobin types in patients with hemoglobinopathies.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 1990
Moreira H W, Naoum P C
Abstract excerpt
Haptoglobin types were determined in 626 individuals living in the State of São Paulo (Brazil). Of these, 484 had Hb AA, 31 major beta thalassemia, 43 minor beta thalassemia, 14 Hb SS, and 54 Hb AS. Frequency distribution of the three most common types observed among patients with type beta thalassemia differed significantly from that observed in the Caucasian group with Hb AA. There was a significant increase in...
Topics
- Alleles
- Black People
- Brazil
- Gene Frequency
- Haptoglobins
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Humans
- White People