PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hadjiminas, M
AU  - Zachariadis, Z
AU  - Stamatoyannopoulos, G
TI  - Alpha-thalassaemia in Cyprus.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.16.5.363
DP  - 1979 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 363--365
VI  - 16
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/16/5/363.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/16/5/363.full
SO  - J Med Genet1979 Oct 01; 16
AB  - The frequency of alpha-thalassaemia in Cyprus was determined with studies of haemoglobin Bart's in 1200 Greek Cypriot and 132 Turkish Cypriot newborn babies. Of the Greek newborns, 12.4%, and of the Turkish newborns, 6.8% had raised Hb Bart's (from 0.6% to 12.9% of the total haemoglobin) suggesting that they were carriers of either alpha-thalassaemia-1 or alpha-thalassaemia-2 genes. The findings suggest that the population of Cyprus has the highest frequencies of alpha-thalassaemia among Caucasian people.