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The changing epidemiology of β-thalassemia in the Greek-Cypriot population.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2013
Kyrri Andreani R, Kalogerou Eleni, Loizidou Dena, Ioannou Christina, Makariou Christina, Kythreotis Loukas, Phylactides Marios, Kountouris Petros, Angastiniotis Michael, Modell Bernadette, Kleanthous Marina
Abstract excerpt
The first epidemiological study for thalassemia in Cyprus was performed by Fawdry in 1946. The study determined that the frequency of β-thalassemia (β-thal) carriers was around 18.0% and that of α(0)-thal carriers (individuals with both cis α-globin genes inactive) at around 2.0%. In 1998, another study concluded that Cyprus had one of the highest frequencies of β-thal carriers worldwide (17.2%). Based on...
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