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Science 17 December 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3703, pp. 1614 - 1615
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3703.1614
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Hemoglobin JKorat in Thais

R. Quentin Blackwell 1, Boon-Nam Blackwell 1, Jeanette Tung-Hsiang Huang 1, Li-Chin Chien 1, Arkom Samaharn 2, Chamras Thephusdin 3, and Chatra Borvornsin 3

1 U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit 2 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
2 Central Medical Laboratory, Nakhornratchsima, Thailand
3 Royal Thai Army Institute of Pathology, Bangkok, Thailand

Hemoglobin JKorat, a "fast" hemoglobin with an anomaly in its beta chain different from the anomalies previously reported, was the major hemoglobin component in the blood of nine subjects among 1923 Thais from northeastern Thailand. After hemoglobin E, JKorat is the second most frequent of the anomalous hemoglobins among Thais.

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