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Thalassemia is an inherited hemoglobin disorder clinically categorized into alpha and beta thalassemia. Severe beta-thalassemia patients commonly experience anemia during infancy and progressively deteriorate, necessitating long-term blood transfusion to
Jingyi QIAO +6 more
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Beta thalassemia is a hereditary disorder resulted from mutations in the β globin gene leading to alpha/beta imbalance, ineffective erythropoiesis, and chronic anemia.
Jianhong Xie +5 more
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Positive predictive value of diagnosis coding for hemolytic anemias in the Danish National Patient Register [PDF]
PURPOSE: The nationwide public health registers in Denmark provide a unique opportunity for evaluation of disease-associated morbidity if the positive predictive values (PPVs) of the primary diagnosis are known.
Frederiksen, Henrik +3 more
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The thalassaemias, the commonest monogenic diseases, are a family of inherited disorders of haemoglobin synthesis characterised by a reduced output of one or other of the globin chains of adult haemoglobin. They are likely to pose an increasing health problem for many developing countries during the early part of the new millennium (1).
Arica, Vefik, Arica, Secil Gunher
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Impact of genotype on endocrinal complications of Children with Alpha-thalassemia in China
Alpha-thalassemia occurs with high frenquency in China. Four common α-globin gene deletion mutations (–SEA, -α3.7, and -α4.2, Haemoglobin Constant Spring (CS) mutation) were identified in Chinese patients.
Hong-Cheng Luo +4 more
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Is Hemoglobin Variant Analysis Helpful in the Diagnostic Work-up of Patients Revealing Microcytic Erythrocytosis on Complete Blood Count? [PDF]
Introduction: Microcytic erythrocytosis is an abnormal CBC (complete blood count) finding that is under-recognized, poorly understood, and consequently under-utilized in patient care. It is characterized by decreased MCV and increased RBC count.
Dulau-Florea, Alina +3 more
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Deletional Alpha-Thalassemia Alleles in Amazon Blood Donors
Alpha-thalassemia is highly prevalent in the plural society of Brazil and is a public health problem. There is limited knowledge on its accurate frequency and distribution in the Amazon region.
Fernanda Cozendey Anselmo +7 more
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Klebsiella infection in patients with thalassemia [PDF]
Klebsiella infection has previously been reported in a few patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. The incidence and clinical spectrum of this infection in our cohort of patients were reviewed retrospectively.
Chan, GCF +8 more
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Molecular and Hematological Characterization of α-Thalassemia in Denizli Province
Aim: Alpha thalassemia, a common monogenic disorder, occurs with defective synthesis of the α-globin chain and has a very wide clinical spectrum depending on the disorders in the globin genes.
Derya Karaer +3 more
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