Article
alpha-Thalassaemia in the population of Cyprus.
British journal of haematology - 1 Mar 1995
Baysal E, Kleanthous M, Bozkurt G, Kyrri A, Kalogirou E, Angastiniotis M, Ioannou P, Huisman T H
Abstract excerpt
We have determined the alpha-thalassaemia (alpha-thal) determinants in 78 patients with Hb H disease from Cyprus; 25 were Turkish Cypriots and 53 were Greek Cypriots. Four deletional and three non-deletional alpha-thal alleles were present; the -alpha(3.7 kb) alpha-thal-2 and the --MED-I alpha-thal-1 were most frequently seen; --MED-II and -(alpha)20.5 deletions occurred at considerably lower frequencies. About...
Topics
- Alleles
- Cyprus
- Gene Deletion
- Globins
- Hemoglobin H
- Humans
- Mutation
- Poly A
- alpha-Thalassemia