References
- Weatherall DJ, Clegg JB. The Thalassaemia Syndromes, 3rd ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific, 1981
- Old JM, Olivieri NF, Thein SL. Avoidance and population control. In: Weatherall DJ, Clegg JB, Eds. The Thalassaemia Sydromes, 4th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science. 2001:597–629
- Orkin SH, Kazazian HH Jr. The mutation and polymorphism of the human β-globin gene and its surrounding DNA. Annu Rev Genet. 1984;18(1):131–171
- Weatherall DJ. Introduction to the problem of Hemoglobin E β thalassemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2000;22(6):552–557
- de Silva S, Fisher CA, Premawardhena A, et al. Thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: Implications for the future health burden of Asian populations. Sri Lanka Thalassaemia Study Group. Lancet. 2000;355(9206):786–791
- Weatherall DJ, Clegg JB. Inherited haemoglobin disorders: An increasing global health problem. Bull World Health Org. 2001;79(8):704–712
- Thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies. World Health Organization Resolutions, May 2006, EB118.R1 and WHA59.20. (http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EBSS-EB118-2005-REC1/english/Res/res-eb118_2006_rec1-en.pdf.)
- Management of Haemoglobin Disorders. Report of a Joint WHO-TIF (Thalassaemia International Federation) Meeting held at Nicosia, Cyprus, 16-18 November 2007. WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. Geneva, Switzerland: printed by the WHO Production Services. (NLM classification: WH 190)
- World population data sheet. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC, 2009. (http://www.prb.org/pdf09/09wpds_eng.pdf)
- World population data sheet. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC, 2012. (http://www.prb.org/pdf12/2012-population-data-sheet_eng.pdf)
- Fucharoen S, Winichagoon P. Clinical and hematologic aspects of Hemoglobin E β-thalassemia. Curr Opin Hematol. 2000;7(2):106–112
- Christianson A, Howson CP, Modell B. March of Dimes global report on birth defects. March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains. 2006:24–27. (http://www.marchofdimes.org/materials/global-report-on-birth-defects-the-hidden-toll-of-dying-and-disabled-children-executive-summary.pdf)
- Varawalla NY, Old JM, Sarkar R, et al. The spectrum of β-thalassaemia mutations on the Indian subcontinent: The basis for prenatal diagnosis. Br J Haematol. 1991;78(2):242–247
- Orkin SH, Kazazian HH Jr, Antonarakis SE, et al. Abnormal RNA processing due to the exon mutation of the β-globin gene. Nature. 1982;300(5894):768–769
- Kazazian HH Jr, Waber PG, Boehm CD, et al. Hemoglobin E in Europeans: Further evidence for multiple origins of the β globin gene. Am J Hum Genet. 1984;36(1):212–217
- Treisman T, Orkin SH, Maniatis T. Specific transcription and RNA splicing defects in five cloned β-thalassaemia genes. Nature. 1983;302(5909):591–596
- Kazazian HH Jr, Orkin SH, Antonarakis SE, et al. Molecular characterization of seven β-thalassemia mutations in Asian Indians. EMBO J. 1984;3(3):593–596
- Cheng T, Orkin SH, Antonarakis SE, et al. β-Thalassemia in Chinese: Use of in vivo RNA analysis and oligonucleotide hybridization in systematic characterization of molecular defects. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1984;81(9):2821–2825
- Kimura A, Matsunaga E, Takihara Y, et al. Structural analysis of a β-thalassemia gene found in Taiwan. J Biol Chem. 1983;258(5):2748–2749
- Chibani J, Vidaud M, Duquesnoy P, et al. The peculiar spectrum of β-thalassemia genes in Tunisia. Hum Genet. 1988;78(2):190–192
- Spritz RA, Orkin SH. Duplication followed by deletion accounts for the structure of an Indian deletion β-thalassemia gene. Nucleic Acids Res. 1982;10(24):8025–8029