Sickle‐cell/β+‐thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea

We document the first case of the sickle‐cell gene — Hb‐S gene importation leading to Hb‐S/β‐thalassaemia double heterozygosity — in the apparently previously Hb‐S gene‐free setting of Papua New Guinea.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical journal of Australia 2002-01, Vol.176 (2), p.70-71
Hauptverfasser:	Lavu, Evelyn K, Vince, John D, Oswyn, Gilchrist
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Continental Ancestry Group Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology beta-Thalassemia - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Hematologic diseases Hematology Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Papua New Guinea - epidemiology Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques Pedigree
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Zusammenfassung:	We document the first case of the sickle‐cell gene — Hb‐S gene importation leading to Hb‐S/β‐thalassaemia double heterozygosity — in the apparently previously Hb‐S gene‐free setting of Papua New Guinea.
ISSN:	0025-729X 1326-5377
DOI:	10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04288.x