TABLE X.   Beta-Thalassemia Alleles in the Lebanese and Israeli Populations (number of chromosomes) (references in parentheses)

Israel
Allele Lebanese
(1) 		Kurdish Jews
(2,3) 		Others
(4) 		Total
-101, C->T   1 4 5
-88, C->A   1   1
-30, T->A     2 2
-28, A->C   18 1 19
Codon 8, -AA 4      
Codon 15, TGG->TAG     1 1
Codon 27, G->T     1 1
Codon 29, C->T 4      
Codon 30, G->C   1   1
IVS-I-1, G->A     5 5
IVS-I-5, G->C 2 1   1
IVS-I-6, T->C 4 1 47 48
IVS-I-110, G->A 31 9 13 22
Codon 37, G->A     1 1
Codons 36/37, -T   2   2
Codon 39, C->T 2 8 7 15
Codon 44, -C   24 1 25
IVS-II-1, G->A 2 2 11 13
IVS-II-745, C->G 2 1   1
Codon 114, T->C     1 1
AATAAA->AATAAG   10   10
AATAAA->A- - - - -     2 2
Unknown; others 0 2 5 7
TOTAL 51 81 102 183

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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.