High prevalence of alpha-thalassemia in a black population of Brazil

Hemoglobin. 1991;15(4):309-11. doi: 10.3109/03630269109027884.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Black People / genetics*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / chemistry
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Genotype
  • Haplotypes
  • Hemoglobins, Abnormal / analysis
  • Hemoglobins, Abnormal / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Prevalence
  • Thalassemia / epidemiology*
  • Thalassemia / ethnology
  • Thalassemia / genetics

Substances

  • Hemoglobins, Abnormal
  • hemoglobin Bart's