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This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by WENT, L. N. Articles by MACIVER, J. E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by WENT, L. N. Articles by MACIVER, J. E. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  Blood, 1961, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 166-181. © 1961 American Society of Hematology, Inc. Thalassemia in the West Indies L. N. WENT 1 and J. E. MACIVER 1 1 Department of Pathology, University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, W.I. Data are presented on seven cases of thalassemia major (six of whom were negroes) and 32 cases of thalassemia minor of whom eight had high levels (20-26 per cent) of fetal hemoglobin. Two families with hemoglobin H disease are presented, in whom the presence of thalassemia minor could be demonstrated. The mode of inheritance of hemoglobin H disease is discussed. Two families with an inherited double A2 fraction of hemoglobin are presented. In one of these thalassemia was also found, in the other elliptocytosis occurred concurrently. On the basis of these findings the existence of at least five different types of thalassemia is postulated. A study on 93 healthy students suggests a high incidence (above 3 per cent) of thalassemia minor in the West Indies. Submitted on April 12, 1960 Accepted on November 5, 1960 CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: P. R. McCURDY Thalassemia in Negroes Arch Intern Med, January 1, 1967; 119(1): 86 - 91. [Abstract] [PDF]

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