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. 1973 Apr 7;2(5857):38–42. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5857.38

Thalassaemia in Cyprus

Th Ashiotis, Z Zachariadis, K Sofroniadou, D Loukopoulos, G Stamatoyannopoulos
PMCID: PMC1588975  PMID: 4695698

Abstract

Frequencies of the thalassaemias in Cyprus were examined by a survey of hospital inpatients and haematological investigations of adult and newborn population samples. The data indicate that 15% of the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are carriers of beta-thalassaemia genes, while 10% of the population carry alpha-thalassaemia genes. These are the highest frequencies of thalassaemia genes found today in any Caucasian population.

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