ОписаниеAn important program of research into the nature and causes of congenital haemolytic anaemias, notably the disease known as Mediterranean anaemia or thalassaemia, which is a serious medical problem in the Mediterranean countries, is at present being carried out in the Department of Clinical Therapeutics of the University of Athens under a research contract awarded by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Picture shows measurements of the distribution of radioactive iron in the body being made in the course of investigation at the Alexandra Hospital, Athens, on a patient suffering from thalassaemia. IAEA/July 1961/No.803B