Article
Alpha and beta thalassaemia among Chinese children in Guangxi Province, P.R. China: molecular and haematological characterization.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 1994
Liang R, Liang S, Jiang N H, Wen X J, Zhao J B, Nechtman J F, Stoming T A, Huisman T H
Abstract excerpt
We have studied nearly 100 patients with beta-thalassaemia major and 60 patients with Hb H disease who were attending the Haematology Clinic of Guangxi Medical College. Treatment of the patients was limited and only a few patients with beta-thalassaemia major received blood transfusion(s). As a result, the severe anaemia has led to early death at 3-4 years for beta zero-thalassaemia homozygotes, and 8-12 years...
Topics
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- China
- Chromosome Deletion
- Female
- Fetal Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin H
- Hemoglobins
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans