Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: |
RAMALHO, Antonio Sérgio |
Data de Publicação: |
1983 |
Outros Autores: |
PINTO JÚNIOR, Walter,
MAGNA, Luis Alberto,
BEIGUELMAN, Bernardo |
Tipo de documento: |
Artigo
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Idioma: |
por |
Título da fonte: |
Hansenologia Internationalis (Online) |
Texto Completo: |
https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35590
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Resumo: |
The β thalassemia trait was investigated among 165 Brazilians who were unmixed Italian descendants (80 Virchowian patients and 85 normal controls, composed of universitary students). The frequency of the p-thalassemia trait was 6.25% among the Virchowian patients and 5.88% in the control group. In spite of the similar geographical distribution of both hanseniasis and the gene for p-thalassemia in Asia, the present data does not support the hypothesis that hanseniasis might have contributed to maintain high prevalence of this allele by selection favouring fl-thalassemia trait. |