A further example of thalassemia-hemoglobin E disease in Turkey

OkçuoĢlu O., Minnich V., Arcasoy A.

Acta Haematologica, vol.34, no.6, pp.354-360, 1965 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1965
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000209460
  • Journal Name: Acta Haematologica
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.354-360
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Thalasscmia-hemoglobin K disease is described in a 6 years old girl of Eli-Turks. The patient displayed a moderately severe form of the disease and had an associated infection of brucellosis. The genetic studies revealed that the father had classical thalassemia minor and the mother was a carrier for hemoglobin E. Three siblings were found to be heterozygous for hemoglobin E, one for thalassemia and one was normal. This is the first report of thalasscmia-hemoglobin E disease in Eti-Turks and the second from Turkey. © 1965 S. Karger AG, Basel.