出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：Thalassemia is a quantitative problem of toofew globins synthesized, whereas sickle-cellanemia (a hemoglobinopathy) is a qualitativeproblem of synthesis of an incorrectlyfunctioning globin. The present study wasundertaken with objective to study theoccurrence and socio-demographic profile ofthalassemia cases. There were 223 patients (55from Municipal Corporation Hospitals & 168from New civil hospital, Ahmedabad)admitted in the hospitals during January 2006to March 2009.Majority of patients weremales, from 1-5 year age group and fromHindu community. Majority of patients fromcorporation hospitals had more frequency ofblood transfusion compared to governmenthospital. Thalassemia major cases were highercompared to minor
