Article
Hb E beta +-thalassaemia in west Malaysia: clinical features in the most common beta-thalassaemia mutation of the Malays [IVS 1-5 (G-->C)].
Singapore medical journal - 1 Dec 1993
George E, Wong H B
Abstract excerpt
Patients with the Hb beta + [IVS 1-5 (G-->C)] clinically presented as beta-thalassaemia intermedia and remained asymptomatic in the absence of blood transfusions. With or without blood transfusions the patients were short and had moderate to marked thalassaemia facies. Children who received blood...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alanine Transaminase
- Blood Transfusion
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cytosine
- Erythrocyte Indices
- Erythrocytes, Abnormal
- Female
- Ferritins
- Guanine
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Humans
- Iron Chelating Agents
- Malaysia
- Male
- Middle Aged
