Bata-Tahlassema: prevalence in Algarve, Portugal

Cabral, M.; Baiao, I.; Valente, I.; Eloy, M.; Freitas, M.

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Background. Thalassemia is a genetic disease that makes part of an heterogeneous group of mendelian disturbs characterised by a diminution or absence in the production of one of the α or β Haemoglobin A chains (α2 β2). β-thalassemia is a variance of the thalassemic disease. This disease is found in many different ethnic groups and is more incident in some geographic areas, like Mediterranic zones where Algarve is insert.