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Thalassaemia in Vanuatu, south-west Pacific: frequency and haematological phenotypes of young children.
British journal of haematology - 1 Mar 1995
Ganczakowski M, Bowden D K, Maitland K, Williams T N, O'Shaughnessy D, Viji J, Lucassen A, Clegg J B, Weatherall D J
Abstract excerpt
The archipelago of Vanuatu situated in the South-West Pacific has a high frequency of alpha + thalassaemia and additionally on some of the islands there is a high frequency of beta thalassaemia. As part of a large cohort study to investigate the clinical effect of thalassaemia on malaria on the islands of Espiritu Santo and Maewo in Vanuatu, the gene frequencies of the thalassaemias were determined and blood...
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