The β-thalassemias, including the hemoglobin E disorders, are not only common in the
Mediterranean region, South-East Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East but …

Farming and sedentism first appeared in southwestern Asia during the early Holocene and
later spread to neighboring regions, including Europe, along multiple dispersal routes …

We sequenced Early Neolithic genomes from the Zagros region of Iran (eastern Fertile
Crescent), where some of the earliest evidence for farming is found, and identify a previously …

INTRODUCTION n the last two decades, a vast array of molecular tools for the diagnosis of
genetic diseases of hemoglobin have been developed that allow definitive identification of …

INTRODUCTION β-Thalassemia (thal) is one of the most frequent monogenic disorders in
the world and the first disease to be characterized at the DNA level. It is an autosomal …

Objective: The Turkish Society of Pediatric Hematology set up a National Hemoglobinopathy
Registry to demonstrate the demographic and disease characteristics of patients and assess …

Thalassemia is one of the most common single gene disorders worldwide. Nearly 80 to 90
million with minor beta thalassemia and 60–70 thousand affected infants are born annually …

Beta-thalassaemia major and sickle-cell disease are important health problems in Iraq. To
provide information for a prevention programme, the frequency of haemoglobin disorders …

A premarital screening program aiming at reducing the incidence of thalassemia major was
started under the auspices of the Regional Health Administration in 1995 in the city of …

β-Thalassemia (thal) is an important health problem in the Dohuk region of northern Iraq
because of its high carrier rate and the frequency of consanguineous marriages. Thus, the …