Article
[Thalassemic alleles in Mexican mestizos].
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Ibarra B, Perea F J, Villalobos-Arámbula A R
Abstract excerpt
We present an analysis of the thalassemic alleles observed in Mexican mestizos. In 18 unrelated patients with mild to severe hemolytic anemia we saw 16 with beta-thal and two with alpha-thal and identified 25 chromosomes with 14 different alleles (10 for beta-thal), predominating the Mediterranean type (seven beta-thal and two alpha-thal). The most common mutation was the nonsense Cd 39 observed in seven...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Asia
- Child
- Europe
- Female
- Globins
- Humans
- Jews
- Male
- Mexico
- Point Mutation
- alpha-Thalassemia
