Article
Nineteen years study of beta-thalassaemia in Slovakia.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Dec 2012
Fábryová Viera, Babusík Pavol, Laluhová-Striezencová Zuzana, Drakulová Monika, Oslancová Martina, Macichová Martina, Sakalová Adriana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Beta-thalassaemia is a congenital disorder caused by point mutations in a haemoglobin beta-globin chain. The heterozygous form produces microcytosis and normal iron levels, however, haemoglobin electrophoresis shows elevated amounts of haemoglobin A2 and eventually foetal haemoglobin...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Biology
- Mutation
- Slovakia
- beta-Globins
- beta-Thalassemia