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Alpha-thalassemia in the four major aboriginal groups in Taiwan.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 1993
Ko T M, Chen T A, Hsieh M I, Tseng L H, Hsieh F J, Chuang S M, Lee T Y
Abstract excerpt
A total of 1309 unrelated blood samples from four major Taiwan aboriginal groups, including 522 of the Ami, 246 of the Bunun, 227 of the Atayal, and 214 of the Paiwan groups, were collected. Subjects with a mean corpuscular volume below 85 fl and Hb A2 values below 3.5% were further studied with Southern hybridization to determine the status of alpha-globin genes. In the Ami, 43 (4.1%) chromosomes had...
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