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Calif Med. 1951 Mar; 74(3): 195–197.
PMCID: PMC1520863
PMID: 14812356

THALASSEMIA (MEDITERRANEAN DISEASE) OCCURRING IN FILIPINOS AND CHINESE

John M. Nilsson, Harold Mills, and George W. Miners
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Abstract

Five cases of thalassemia minor in persons of Filipino and Chinese extraction were observed.

The occurrence of biliary calculi in two of the patients suggests that this may be a relatively common complication of thalassemia as it is of other hemolytic diseases.

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