Abstract
There are no good data providing frequency of congenital and genetic disorders occuring in those from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Life threatening diseases and malnutrition; injury or death due to warfare exhausted health resources. Because of these realities, a population study has been started to determine those genetic and/or congenital disorders occuring in the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao and Hmong. Preliminary data from birth, death, hospital records(*), and screening of a random sample of population for thalassemia reveals following.
Screening for hemoglobinopathies reveals approximately 10% of Vietnamese population to be carriers for thalassemia.
In comparison with Black and Hispanic, those from Southeast Asia and from Asia have fewer births prior to 20 years of age, but more frequently continue reproduction after 35 years of age. The numbers and types of malformations reveal some ethnic/racial variation. Thalassemia may require increased medical attention.
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Dumars, K., Loan, B., Chea, C. et al. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS. Pediatr Res 21 (Suppl 4), 226 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198704010-00362
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198704010-00362