The changing epidemiology of β-Thalassemia in the greek-cypriot population

Hemoglobin

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 435-443

  Kyrri, Andreani R ^a   Kalogerou, Eleni ^a   Loizidou, Dena ^a   Ioannou, Christina ^a   Makariou, Christina ^a   Kythreotis, Loukas ^a   Phylactides, Marios ^b   Kountouris, Petros ^b   Angastiniotis, Michael ^c   Modell, Bernadette ^d   Kleanthous, Marina ^b  

^a Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^c Thalassaemia International Federation   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Carrier frequency; Cyprus; Malaria; Selection pressure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DISEASE CARRIER; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ALLELES; ALPHA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; GREECE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883590474     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2013.801851     Document Type: Article

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