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Osteoarthropathy in Thalassemia Minor

Orthopedics, 1985
ABSTRACT: Osteoarthropathy associated with thalassemia minor is rare. The arthritic changes are usually thought to be secondary to bone infarction or erythropoiesis, with decreased trabeculation of the femoral head followed by microfacture and arthritic changes.
D S, Redman, C L, Nelson
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Depression in Subjects With Beta-Thalassemia Minor

Annals of Hematology, 2013
Beta-thalassemia minor is a common genetic blood disorder in Mediterranean countries such as Turkey. Additionally, depression is one of the most widespread mental disorders that affect people worldwide, and its prevalence is increasing with co-occurring medical conditions.
Şakir Özgür Keşkek, Sinan Kirim
exaly   +3 more sources

The Association of Hemochromatosis with Thalassemia Minor

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1965
Excerpt Hemochromatosis occurs frequently in the course of thalassemia major (1). On the other hand, it is most unusual to encounter this complication in patients with thalassemia minor.
M, LEWIS, G R, LEE, A, HAUT
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HEREDITARY LEPTOCYTOSIS (THALASSEMIA MINOR)

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1956
• In hereditary leptocytosis the hemoglobin is normal as to composition but deficient in quantity and the red corpuscles are present in normal or increased numbers as revealed by the red blood cell count but are small in size as measured either by the hematocrit (cell-pack) or by micrometry on dried smears.
D G, HANLON, J B, SELBY, E D, BAYRD
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Jaundice in Thalassemia Minor

New England Journal of Medicine, 1962
THE term "ineffective erythropoiesis" is used to describe a pathophysiologic state in which a significant fraction of the erythropoietic activity of the bone marrow fails to produce circulating red cells with a measurable life-span.1 , 2 Instead, much of the heme pigment synthesized appears to be destroyed while the maturing erythroid cells are still ...
S, ROBINSON, T, VANIER, J F, DESFORGES, R, SCHMID   +3 more
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Renal Tubular Dysfunction in β-Thalassemia Minor

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2003
Persons with beta-thalassemia minor usually are symptomless. However, we previously reported renal tubular dysfunction in a patient with beta-thalassemia minor. The aim of this study is to investigate renal function in patients with beta-thalassemia minor.Forty-one subjects with beta-thalassemia minor and 20 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects were ...
Taner Özgürtaş, Uğur Musabak, Fatih Bulucu   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Genotoxicity Assessment in Patients With Thalassemia Minor

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 2012
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects both genders and results in reduced synthesis of hemoglobin, and thus causing anemia. Previous studies have shown that the severe form of this disease, thalassemia major, is associated with genotoxicity.
Omar F Khabour
exaly   +3 more sources

Cognitive dysfunction in β‐thalassemia minor

American Journal of Hematology, 2006
Abstractβ‐thalassemia minor is a common, hereditary, and mostly symptomless disease. Previous studies have shown that lower hemoglobin values are associated with poorer cognitive functions. We aimed to evaluate the cognitive function in patients with β‐thalassemia minor. Thirty‐two male subjects with β‐thalassemia minor and 32 sex‐, age‐, and education
Oral, Nevruz, Umit, Ulas, Turker, Cetin, Yasar, Kutukcu, Ahmet, Kurekci   +4 more
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Favism and Thalassemia Minor in a Pregnant Woman

JAMA, 1962
In the past few years, favism and hemolytic anemia induced by a variety of drugs have been shown to be associated with a specific defect in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) activity of the erythrocytes of susceptible individuals. This defect, like thalassemia, occurs particularly among individuals of Mediterranean racial background.
K M, CAHILL, A B, LEY
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Beta-Thalassemia Minor During Pregnancy

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2004
To investigate pregnancy outcome of patients with beta-thalassemia minor.A population-based study comparing all pregnancies of women with and without beta-thalassemia minor was conducted. Deliveries occurred during the years 1988-2002 at Soroka University Medical Center.
Eyal, Sheiner, Amalia, Levy, Ronit, Yerushalmi, Miriam, Katz   +3 more
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