title: Detection of beta-thalassaemia trait: a study of fifty families.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was carried out to detect beta-thalassaemia trait in the siblings of beta thalassaemia major children by Hemoglobin (Hb) electrophoresis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were divided into two groups. Group 1 was the patients group comprising 100-subjects siblings of beta-thalassaemia major children and Group 2 was the control group with 25-subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was observed that 58% of the siblings of beta-thalassaemia major children had beta-thalassaemia trait. Even in the control group 2 subjects had beta thalassaemia trait, which shows that thalassaemia gene is very common in Hazara division of Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anjum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tayyab
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaudry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*