Thalassaemia Minor in an English Family

Homozygous Thalassaemia in an English Child

“…The importance of considering the diagnosis of thalassaemia in iron refractory anaemia (Garrett and Morton, 1960;Josse, 1962;Roberts, 1963) is confirmed by our study. Three members of the family with heterozygous thalassaemia had previously been treated with iron, and in one of them the treatment was prolonged and included intramuscular administration.…”

Thalassaemia in Scots

“…(1961) who found heterozygotes in three English families. Other isolated examples in presumed British stock have been described by Havard, Lehmann, and Scott (1958), McFarland and Pearson (1960), Vella and Ibrahim (1961), and Josse (1962).…”

Thalassæmia Minor in Australians of Northern European Extraction: A Report of Five Families

“…The only previous report of thalassa:mia minor in people of non-Mediterranean descent in Australia is in a family of Anglo-Saxon descent (Lovric, 1964). A further 16 families with beta thalassa:mia minor have been recorded in the World literature by Israels and Turner (1955), Harvard et alii (1958), McFarland and Pearson (1960), Callender et alii (1961), Josse (1962), Roberts (1963), Buchanan et alii (1963), Beavan et alii (1964), and Dellipiani (1964). One case of alpha thalassa:mia has been reported by Woodrow et alii (1964).…”