Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Sana E. Abdalla and Anwar Kordofani Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 140 ISBN: 9783659413025
Описание
Thalassaemias are a group of genetic disorders of haemoglobin synthesis, resulting from a reduced rate of production of one or more of the globin chains of haemoglobin. They are divided into different types according to the polypeptide chains affected; the most common types are ? thalassaemia and ? thalassaemia. ?-thalassaemia associated with total absence or reduced ?-globin chains and mostly results from point mutations in the coding (exon) or non coding (intron) segments of the ? globin gene. Most thalassaemias are inherited as mendelian recessive fashion. The ? thalassaemias are the most important type, they occur in a belt extending from the Mediterranean and parts of north and West Africa through the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to South East Asia. Thalassaemia is now more commonly seen in Sudan than before and seems to be involving ethnic groups outside the thalassaemia belt. Fifty two genetic mutations have so far been described in the literature with different...
