Publications by authors named "Mehmet Emrah Aksan"
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- Beta thalassemia is a common genetic disorder prevalent in regions like Turkey, particularly in Kahramanmaraş, where the gene frequency can be as high as 10%.
- The study aimed to analyze the frequency of β-thalassemia traits and identify mutation distributions in this area by taking blood samples from patients and screening 245 adults.
- Results showed that the IVS1-110 mutation was the most prevalent, detected in 57.1% of cases, with a total of seven different mutations discovered among the participants.
