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Twelve families with Hb 0 Arab in the Burgas district of Bulgaria observations on sixteen examples of Hb 0 β° thalassaemia

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12 families with Hb 0 Arab from the Burgas district of Bulgaria were examined. Of the 262 members of the 12 families, 44 persons were simple Hb 0 Arab heterozygotes, 18 had β-thalassaemia, and 16 were double heterozygotes for Hb 0 Arab and β° thalassaemia.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, District Hospital, Burgas, Bulgaria

    K. N. Kantchev & B. N. Tcholakov

  2. M.R.C. Abnormal Haemoglobin Unit, University Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

    R. Casey, H. Lehmann & M. El Hazmi

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Kantchev, K.N., Tcholakov, B.N., Casey, R. et al. Twelve families with Hb 0 Arab in the Burgas district of Bulgaria observations on sixteen examples of Hb 0 β° thalassaemia. Hum Genet 26, 93–97 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278434

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