Treatment of the inherited blood disorder thalassemia depends upon the level of severity. For mild forms of the condition, advice and counseling are often...

Thalassemias are a group of inherited blood disorders that manifest as the production of reduced hemoglobin. Symptoms depend on the type of thalassemia...

Beta-thalassemia (β-thalassemia) is an inherited blood disorder, a form of thalassemia resulting in variable outcomes ranging from clinically asymptomatic...

Alpha-thalassemia (α-thalassemia, α-thalassaemia) is an inherited blood disorder and a form of thalassemia. Thalassemias are a group of inherited blood...

made by DNA analysis for alpha thalassemia and hemoglobin electrophoresis for beta thalassemia. Management of thalassemia involves life-long blood transfusions...

and transfusion-dependent thalassemia is diagnosed based on gene mutations. Screening for heterozygosity in the thalassemia gene is an option for early...

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to have a “silent” α-thalassemia whereas, if the mutation is on both then it is considered an α-thalassemia trait. α-thalassemia is mostly found in sub-tropical...

transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia and from the European Medicines Agency for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. As of 2022[update]...

organisation. It is a youth organisation working for blood donation, thalassemia, bone marrow transplantation and disaster relief.[citation needed] Since...

hemoglobin begin to be produced. Diseases such as beta thalassemias, which affect components of the adult hemoglobin, can delay this process, and cause...

heterozygous (inherited in only one of the chromosome 11) HbD trait, HbD-thalassemia, HbS-D (sickle cell) disease, and, very rarely, homozygous (inherited...

promote proper red blood cell shape reducing the effects of sickle cell disease. Beta thalassemia is a heritable disorder, characterized by the inability...

State-Based Recommendations for Management of Alpha Thalassemia Trait and Silent Carrier Detected on the Newborn Screen". The Journal of Pediatrics. 195: 283–287...

presentation during PEDICON 2006, Delhi, January 6th, 2006. Progress in the management of thalassemia". Indian Pediatrics. 43 (6): 503–6. PMID 16820659....

presence of alpha-thalassemia has been shown to act protectively against microvasculatory distress before, during, and after exercise. Because of the microcirculatory...

as sickle cell anemia or thalassemia. The spleen is an organ located in the abdomen next to the stomach. It is composed of red pulp which filters the...

deficiency, folate deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, thalassemia and a number of bone marrow tumors. Causes of increased breakdown include genetic disorders...

guide to diagnosis and management. McGraw-Hill Professional. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-0-07-144035-6. Retrieved 15 November 2010. "Thalassemia". The Lecturio Medical...

used to investigate thalassemias, which are disorders caused by defective hemoglobin production. The test uses the principles of gel electrophoresis to...

vitamin D deficiency), marasmus, syphilis, or thalassemia, can cause craniotabes if present during a time of rapid skull growth (most especially during gestation...

incidence of SCD and thalassemia. In Bahrain, a study published in 1998 that covered about 56,000 people in hospitals in Bahrain found that 2% of newborns...

(2009-01-01). "Alpha thalassemia major--new mutations, intrauterine management, and outcomes". Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education...

thrombocytopenic purpura, thalassemia, spherocytosis), in which the spleen's usual activity exacerbates the disease After splenectomy with the goal of arresting the...

cause of rachitic rosary, however its presence has also been noted in tumor-induced osteomalacia, primary hyperparathyroidism, and beta-thalassemia. It...

findings bear close resemblance to those of the beta-thalassemia trait; a blood disorder that reduces the production of the iron-containing protein hemoglobin...

frequent blood transfusions, such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, though beta thalassemia minor has been associated with hemosiderin deposits in the...

Causes of low-flow priapism include sickle cell anemia (most common in children), leukemia, and other blood dyscrasias such as thalassemia and multiple...

the type of thalassemia and can vary from none to severe. Often there is mild to severe anemia (low red blood cells or hemoglobin) as thalassemia can affect...

conditions including beta thalassemia and multiple myeloma. Development of this drug was superseded by the development of luspatercept (Reblozyl), a...