title: Thalassemia in the Silk Road region of China.
abstract: This paper summarizes data obtained during a screening program involving 11,563 persons from the Silk Road region in China. The mean incidence of thalassemia is 1.62% with an increase from east to west. The incidence in the Hui population (3.01%) is higher than in Kazaks (2.92%), and in Uygur (2.22%). The Han population also has a higher incidence (0.98%) than seen for other regions in Northern China. The thalassemias observed are classified into seven groups; beta-thalassemia accounts for 89.48% of the total, and alpha-thalassemia for 10.52%.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Western Region Hospital, Urumqi, P.R. China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: X N
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Xing
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D008403:Mass Screening; D010375:Pedigree; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology*