TABLE IX-a.   Beta-Thalassemia Alleles in Different Provinces of Iran (number of chromosomes) (references in parentheses)

Allele Khouzestan
(1)
Boushehr
(2)
Sistan Balouchestan
(3)
Tehran
(4)
Codon 5, -CT   5   9
Codons 8/9, -AA 36 18 13 68
Codon 30, G->C   7   10
IVS-I-1, G->A 48 18 14 48
IVS-I-5, G->C 18 16 110 53
IVS-I-6, T->C 22 3 6 13
IVS-I-110, G->A 35 12 19 50
Codon 39, C->T   7    
Codon 44, -C       1
IVS-II-1, G->A 25 28   271
IVS-II-745, G->C   7   5
25 bp deletion   49    
Unknown; others 24 34 7 110
TOTAL 208 204 169 638

1. Zeinali, S., Moghaddam, Z.K., Dilmaghani, S., Sarhaddi, M., Golbari, R., Akhoondezahed, A., Ghadiri, M., and Khaladj, V.: Abstract 31, 6th International Conference on Thalassaemia and the Haemoglobinopathies, Malta, April 1997.
2. Khodaie, H., Zeinali, S., Dilmaghani, S., Moghadam, Z.K., Sarhadi, M., Golbari, R., and Mojoudi, A.R.: Abstract 30, 6th International Conference on Thalassaemia and the Haemoglobinopathies, Malta, April 1997.
3. Dilmaghani, S., Zeinali, S., Moghaddam, Z.K., Sarhadi, M., Golbari, R., Akhoondzahed, A., and Sanei, E.: Abstract 29, 6th International Conference on Thalassaemia and the Haemoglobinopathies, Malta, April 1997.
4. Dilmaghani, S., Zeinali, S., Moghaddam, Z.K., Golbari, R., Sarhaddi, M., and Akhoondzahed, M.: Abstract 28, 6th International Conference on Thalassaemia and the Haemoglobinopathies, Malta, April 1997.


This material is from the book A Syllabus of Thalassemia Mutations (1997) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Erol Baysal, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1997 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Author.