International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Mauchumi Saikia Pathak
Department of Biochemistry, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, IndiaPublications
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Research
Genetic Hemoglobin Disorders Among the People of Assam-A Tertiary Care Hospital Based Study
Author(s): Mauchumi Saikia Pathak and Monalisha Saikia Borah*
Background: Genetic hemoglobin diseases like hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia are prevalent worldwide. In India also, among the people of Assam, there is a high prevalence rate of these genetic blood disorders like HbE, HbS, beta thalassemia minor, beta thalassemia major, and compound HbE-beta-thalassemia. Assam is a hot spot for homozygous and heterozygous HbE. Also, beta thalassemia is encountered among the people of this region of India. With such knowledge of prevalence, the study was done to get more knowledge about the scenario of genetic hemoglobin disease. Methodology: Blood samples were collected from suspected anemic cases attending the tertiary care hospital within 2 years. The diagnosis of the Hb variants was done using a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) based Hemoglobin typing machine and the Complete Blood Count (CBC) was .. Read More»
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