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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77241| Title: | Haemoglobin abnormalities in the Maltese |
| Authors: | Felice, Alex |
| Keywords: | Thalassemia Blood -- Diseases Pediatric hematology |
| Issue Date: | 1975 |
| Citation: | Felice, A. E. (1975). Haemoglobin abnormalities in the Maltese (Master’s dissertation). |
| Abstract: | The mean of haemoglobin concentration in 335 cord blood samples was 16.0 g/dl 2.6 S.D. The haemoglobin concentration was lower from the mean by more than 2 S.D. (10.8g/dl) in 10 (2.9%) neonates. Extra-corpuscular factors are the main cause of anaemia in the newborn. a-Thalessaemia is absent or extremely rare in the Maltese. Haemoglobin F Malta I was was detected in 1.6 percent of 2600 cord bloods screened by starch gel electrophoresis. One child had the double heterozygozity for haemoglobin F Malta I and 8-thalassaemia. So long as Haemoglobin F Malta I is not detected in these cases, the G locus must be assumed to be suppressed in 8-thalassaemia. |
| Description: | M.PHIL. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77241 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacM&S - 1972-1977 Dissertations - FacM&SPB - 1975-1996 |
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