Homozygous Thalassaemia in an English Child.

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  • J K LLOYD
  • G A BROWN
چکیده

During the past few years there have been several reports of thalassaemia occurring in English families (Garrett and Morton, 1960; Callender, Mallett, and Lehmann, 1961; Josse, 1962; Roberts, 1963). All the cases, however, have been of the heterozygous form of the disease (thalassaemia minor and thalassaemia trait). This paper reports the case of an English child with homozygous thalassaemia (thalassaemia major).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 39  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1964