Blood, 1960, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 606-609.
© 1960 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Hemoglobin E Syndromes. I.
Hemoglobin E in Eti-Turks
MUZAFFER AKSOY 1 and
Kamil Tanrikulu 1
1 Beyoglu Ilk Yardim Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
During an electrophoretic study of the hemoglobin from 150 persons
belonging to the Eti-Turk community, two individuals with hemoglobin E
trait and one case of sickle-cell-hemoglobin E disease were discovered. The
results of this investigation combined with those of other electrophoretic
studies performed previously in this community indicate that the incidence of
hemoglobin E among Eti-Turks is 1.37 per cent.
The importance of the occurrence of hemoglobin E in this community has
been discussed, and a possible relationship between Eti-Turks and some
people of India has been postulated.