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ArticleScientific reports2017

A comprehensive ethnic-based analysis of alpha thalassaemia allelle frequency in northern Thailand.

Mattapong Kulaphisit, Jatupol Kampuansai, Kamonlak Leecharoenkiat, Methi Wathikthinnakon, Daoroong Kangwanpong, Thongperm Munkongdee, Saovaros Svasti, Suthat Fucharoen, Duncan R Smith, Pathrapol Lithanatudom

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence of Alpha(α)-Thalassemia in Southeast Asia (2010-2020): A Meta-Analysis Involving 83,674 Subjects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mattapong KulaphisitCenter of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand.
Jatupol KampuansaiCenter of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand.
Kamonlak LeecharoenkiatDepartment of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Methi WathikthinnakonCenter of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand.
Daoroong KangwanpongCenter of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand.
Thongperm MunkongdeeThalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, 73170, Thailand.
Saovaros SvastiThalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, 73170, Thailand.
Suthat FucharoenThalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, 73170, Thailand.
Duncan R SmithMolecular Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, 73170, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-6592-9852
Pathrapol LithanatudomCenter of Excellence in Bioresources for Agriculture, Industry and Medicine, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand. pathrapol_li@hotmail.com.
Chiang Mai University · THMahidol University · THChulalongkorn University · TH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha (α)-thalassaemia is one of the most prevalent hereditary blood disorders, commonly affecting Southeast Asian people, with the highest incidence (30-40%) being seen in northern Thailand. However, this high incidence was estimated without consideration of the variations between ethnic populations and the geographical location of the populations. To address this issue, a total of 688 samples from 13 different northern Thai ethnic groups (30 villages) categorized into three linguistic groups were genotyped for deletional alpha-thalassaemia (-α

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alpha-Globinsalpha-ThalassemiaAsian PeopleGene FrequencyGenotyping TechniquesHumansMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence DeletionThailandalpha-Globins

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PMID28680061
PMCPMC5498591
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