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Update in Laboratory Diagnosis of Thalassemia

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020
Alpha- and β-thalassemias and abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) are common in tropical countries. These abnormal globin genes in different combinations lead to many thalassemic diseases including three severe thalassemia diseases, i.e., homozygous β-thalassemia ...
Thongperm Munkongdee, Ping Chen, Pranee Winichagoon, Suthat Fucharoen, Kittiphong Paiboonsukwong   +4 more
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Publisher’s Note: Page Numbers Changed to Article Numbers for Articles Published in Thalassemia Reports Volumes 1–11

Thalassemia Reports, 2022
From Volume 1 (2011) to Volume 11 (2021), Thalassemia Reports [...]
Thalassemia Reports Editorial Office
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Effects of blood transfusion on exercise capacity in thalassemia major patients [PDF]

, 2015
Anemia has an important role in exercise performance. However, the direct link between rapid changes of hemoglobin and exercise performance is still unknown.To find out more on this topic, we studied 18 beta-thalassemia major patients free of relevant ...
Agostoni, P, Aguglia, Do, Benedetto, D, Benedetto, Fa, Cattadori, G, Cefalù, C, D'Ascola, Dg, Rao, Cm, Sciomer, Susanna   +8 more
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TyG index and insulin resistance in beta-thalassemia [PDF]

, 2015
Insulin resistance (IR) underlies some glucose metabolism abnormalities in thalassemia major. Recently, triglyceride glucose index (TyG) has been proposed for evaluating insulin resistance as a simple, low cost, and accessible tool.
Fayaz, M., Hosseini, S.M., Jamshir, M., Mirbehbahani, N.   +3 more
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Disorders of the erythrocyte membrane

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2015
Hemolytic anemia due to abnormalities of the erythrocyte membrane comprises an important group of inherited disorders. These include hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, and the hereditary stomatocytosis ...
Sophia Delicou, Aikaterini Xydaki, Chryssanthi Kontaxi, Konstantinos Maragkos   +3 more
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Increased autophagy leads to decreased apoptosis during β-thalassaemic mouse and patient erythropoiesis

Scientific Reports, 2022
β-Thalassaemia results from defects in β-globin chain production, leading to ineffective erythropoiesis and subsequently to severe anaemia and other complications.
Pornthip Chaichompoo, Ramaneeya Nithipongvanitch, Wasinee Kheansaard, Alisa Tubsuwan, Kanitta Srinoun, Jim Vadolas, Suthat Fucharoen, Duncan R. Smith, Pranee Winichagoon, Saovaros Svasti   +9 more
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Nutritional status of young children with inherited blood disorders in western Kenya. [PDF]

, 2014
To determine the association between a range of inherited blood disorders and indicators of poor nutrition, we analyzed data from a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 882 children 6–35 months of age in western Kenya.
Ruth, LJ, Suchdev, PS, Sullivan, KM, Tsang, BL, Williams, TN   +4 more
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Prevalence of iron overload complications among patients with β-thalassemia major treated at Dubai Thalassemia Centre

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Authors and team members of the Dubai Thalassemia Centre obtained data on the prevalence of iron overload complications among patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM) and compared it to international data to improve patient ...
Khawla Mohammed Belhoul, Maisan Lateef Bakir, Ahmed Mohamed Kadhim, Hany ElSayed Dewedar, Mohamed Salah Eldin, Fatheya Abbas AlKhaja   +5 more
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Coinheritance of the c.-19 G > C and c.315 + 1 G > A Variants in the β-Globin Gene Leads to Thalassemia Disease: A Report from the North of Iran

Case Reports in Genetics, 2023
Up to now, more than 300 pathogenic variants have been identified in the β-globin gene, some of which are categorized as silent mutations that do not change the hematological indices.
Hossein Jalali, Mahan Mahdavi, Mohammad Eslamijouybari, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi   +3 more
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An overview of complications associated with deferoxamine therapy in thalassemia [PDF]

Journal of Nephropharmacology, 2021
Thalassemic syndromes are the most common genetic diseases in the world that are related to blood transfusion and iron overload in the body. In ß-thalassemia major multiple blood transfusions due to ineffective erythropoiesis lead to iron excess in the ...
Bijan Keikhaei, Neda Farmani-Anooshe, Mohammad Bahadoram, Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-Sani, Kosar Alikhani, Ammar Helalinasab   +5 more
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