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Sir,

Name of Place Haemoglobinopathy Author Reported Rahimtoola (1960) 1 Karachi Cooley’s anaemia

Saleem (1974) 2 Rawalpindi HbD, HbE, HbS
Farzana et al(1975) 3 Karachi Thalassemia trait
Hashmi et al (1975) 4 Karachi Beta Thalassemia trait
Hashnii et al (1976) 5 Karachi Thalassemia major
Rahimtoola (1981) 6 Karachi Thalassemia major
PMRC (1982) 7 Multan Thalassemia major
Ahmed et al (1986) 8 Karachi Abnormal Haemoglo­binHb -Karachi.
In Multan by the end of 1982 fiftysix cases of thalassaemia were collected. Fiftyfive were of thalassaemia major and one rare case of Hb-Sc disease with Priapism.

Noor Ahmad Noor, A.W. Kazi, Ghulam Mohiuddin, M. Masood, Zulfiqar All
Deptt. of Medicine, Nishtar Medical College, Multan.
The pattern of haemoglobinopathies so far been reported from various Centres in Pakistan is shown in the table.