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Haemoglobin Norfolk in Nepali Gorkhas

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Three instances of fast moving haemoglobins in heterozygous form have been found in Indian soldiers of Nepali Gorkha, during a routine screening for abnormal haemoglobins. The affected individuals were not related and seemed clinically well.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, M. L. N. Medical College, Allahabad, U. P., India

    T. N. Mehrotra, S. C. Gupta & R. Sinha

  2. Medical Research Council, Abnormal Haemoglobin Research Unit, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, England

    H. Lehmann & B. G. Wiltshire

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Mehrotra, T.N., Gupta, S.C., Sinha, R. et al. Haemoglobin Norfolk in Nepali Gorkhas. Hum Genet 27, 347–349 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278430

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