@article{16114,
  keywords = {Female, Hemoglobin A2, Humans, leprosy, Male, Thalassemia},
  author = {Ramalho A S and Pinto Júnior W and Magna L A and Beiguelman B},
  title = {[Thalassemia and Hansen's disease].},
  abstract = {<p>The beta-thalassemia trait was investigated among 165 Brazilians who were unmixed Italian descendants (80 Virchowian patients and 85 normal controls, composed of universitary students). The frequency of the beta-thalassemia trait was 6.25% among the Virchowian patients and 5.88% in the control group. In spite of the similar geographical distribution of both hanseniasis and the gene for beta-thalassemia in Asia, the present data does not support the hypothesis that hanseniasis might have contributed to maintain high prevalence of this allele by selection favouring beta-thalassemia trait.</p>},
  year = {1983},
  journal = {Hansenologia internationalis},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {61-5},
  month = {1983 Jun},
  issn = {0100-3283},
  language = {por},
}