Air Pollution Effects on Biodiversity (PDF)

by J.R. Barker

Sickle Cell Haemoglobinopathy is a genetically transmitted disease resulting from a defect in beta chain of haemoglobin where glutamic acid at position six is replaced by valine. Extensive research has revealed the aetiopathogenesis of the disease and made accurate laboratory diagnosis feasible. Sickle Cell Haemoglobinopathy is highly prevalent in Central India in the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes. This monogram is the culmination of the extensive research of last two and a half decades. It deals with the historical aspects aetiopathogenesis radiological features anthropological measurements and then in detail about individual skeletal involvement in Sickle Cell Haemoglobinopathy.