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Incidence of α‐Thalassaemia in Australian Population of Mediterranean Origin
Author(s) -
Smith Merran B.,
Cauchi Maurice N.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131599.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , mediterranean climate , population , geography , demography , medicine , environmental health , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics
Cord blood from 6578 neonates of Mediterranean origin born at The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, over a five‐year period was screened for α‐thalassaemia by haemoglobin electrophoresis for haemoglobin Bart's (Hb Bart's), and 47 cases of the abnormal haemoglobin were detected (an over‐all incidence of 0.71%). Hb Bart's was detected in Turks (2.9%), Cypriots (2.8%), Egyptians (2.0%), Lebanese (0.8%), Greeks (0.7%), Italians (0.5%), and Yugoslavs (0.2%). The mean level of Hb Bart's for the group was 4.6%. Four cases of α/β thalassaemia were also detected during this survey.