LIFE SCIENCES
INHERITED DISORDERS OF BLOOD
GEETA TALUKDER (Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, India)
AND ARCHANA SHARMA 2002• Pages: 76. Size: 180x240• Binding: Hard•
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(Special Issue of International Journal of Human Genetics)
Inherited disorders of blood have been among the first diseases in man in whichMendelian Inheritance had been established . Bleeding diseases like haemophilias had been discussed in ancient texts and known to be passed from mother to son. With the improved molecular methods of analysis it has now been established thathaemoglobinopathies including thalassaemias are the commonest single gene disorders known in man.Red cells have been found to have many inherent defects, both of structure and function. Red cell enzyme defects like G6PD deficiency is also the commonest Xlinked disorder in man. Structural red cell defects like spherocytosis, elliptocytosis,acanthocytosis are inherited disorders which may cause anaemias. In the present special issue of Inherited Disorders of Blood, some topics are being discussed by experts in different subjects of the field. It is hoped that it will open up new fields of research in human genetics.
CONTENTS
SWAPAN KUMAR DAS AND GEETA TALUKDER • Beta Globin Gene and Related Diseases: A Review.
SILVIENE F. OLIVEIRA, MARIA ANGÉLICA F. PEDROSA, SANDRA M. B. SOUSA, REGINA C. MINGRONI-NETTO, KIYOKO ABE-SANDES, ÍRIS FERRARI, ANA A. L. BARBOSA, MARIA TERESA B. M. AURICCHIO, AND MARIA DE NAZARÉ KLAUTAU-GUIMARÃES •HeterogeneousDistribution of HbS and HbC Alleles in Afro-derived Brazilian Populations
S. L. KATE AND D. P. LINGOJWAR • Epidemiology of Sickle Cell Disorder in the State ofMaharashtra
BANI SENGUPTA, MADHUSNATA DE, INDRAJIT DASGUPTA, SANDEEP PODDAR, SHILA CHAKRABARTI, GEETA TALUKDER, RITUSHREE KUKRETI AND SAMIR BRAHMACHARI •Comparative Study of Haemoglobinopathies in Tribal Population of Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura (North East India)
BANI GAJRA, SHILA CHAKRABORTI AND BANI SENGUPTA • Prenatal Diagnosis ofThalassaemias
NEELAM VARMA • Constitutional Hypoplastic Anemia.
M. RAVI, SOLOMON F. D. PAUL, AND P. VENKATACHALAM • A Humoral Immune Index of Clinically Normal Human Subject
ARUP RATAN BANDYOPADHYAY AND JAYITA (GHOSHAL) ROY • A Study on the Role ofHaptoglobin in Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn
DILIP K. BHATTACHARYA.• Functional Status of Platelets and Hereditary Platelet Disorders
SIVAJEE SENGUPTA • Bernard-Soulier Syndrome: An Inherited Platelet Disorder
AJANTA HALDER, DEBASIS BANDYOPADHYAY, MADHUSNATA DE AND MANISHA DE •Detection of DNA Damage Measured by Comet Assay in Pre and Post Chemotherapeutic Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
