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Depression in mothers of children with thalassemia or blood malignancies: a study from Iran [PDF]

open access: yes
Background Several studies have found that parents of children with chronic diseases or disabilities have higher depression scores than control parents. Mothers usually take on the considerable part of the extra care and support that these children need
AliReza Farrokhi   +9 more
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Study of blood groups and Rhesus factor in beta thalassemia patients undergoing blood transfusions

open access: yes, 2021
Beta thalassemia is the most common genetic blood disease, affecting millions of people in both developing and developed countries including Iraq. Patients with thalassemia require frequent blood transfusions, which can cause a variety of complications ...
Maha Tareq Hussein
core   +1 more source

HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THALASSEMIA AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE: EXPERIENCE OF MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY IN A MULTI-ETHNIC POPULATION.

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2009
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) still remains the only definitive cure currently available for patients with thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
Marco Marziali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Components of an effective large scale program for the prevention of inherited hemoglobin disorders; the paradigm of Greece

open access: yesThalassemia Reports, 2012
Large scale prevention programs for Thalassemia major or Sickle cell disease have already been set up in several places with high frequency of the deleterious genes.
D. Loukopoulos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of optimal thalassemia screening strategies for migrant populations in Thailand using a qualitative approach

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Thalassemia is a common inherited hemoglobin disorder in Southeast Asia. Severe thalassemia can lead to significant morbidity for patients and economic strain for under-resourced health systems.
Julia Z. Xu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thalassemia and the Heartquake

open access: yesThalassemia Reports, 2014
On May 2012 the city of Ferrara and the surrounding region were hit by several earthquakes. We had the chance to observe the behavior of one thalassemic heart during the shocks, because of a 24-h electrocardiogram recording had been put in place a few hours before the shocks.
Caterina Borgna-Pignatti   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

INHERITED BONE MARROW FAILURE SYNDROMES WITH PANCYTOPAENIA [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Hematology, 2014
Bone marrow failure (BMF) is characterised by a reduction in the effective production of mature erythrocytes, granulocytes, and platelets by the bone marrow that leads to peripheral blood pancytopaenia.
Sophia Delicou   +5 more
doaj  

Unravelling the Complexity of the +33 C>G [HBB:c.-18C>G] Variant in Beta Thalassemia

open access: yesBiomedicines
The +33 C>G variant [NM_000518.5(HBB):c.-18C>G] in the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) of the β-globin gene is described in the literature as both mild and silent, while it causes a phenotype of thalassemia intermedia in the presence of a severe β ...
Coralea Stephanou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of and barriers to thalassemia screening in migrant populations: a cross-sectional study of Myanmar and Cambodian migrants in Thailand

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Thalassemia, an inherited hemoglobin disorder, has become a global public health problem due to population migration. Evidence-based strategies for thalassemia prevention in migrants are lacking.
Julia Z. Xu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time to Do Something for Vitamin D Deficiency; A Review

open access: yesJournal of Pediatrics Review, 2015
Context: Vitamin D deficiency is a common nutritional disorder in Iran. Vitamin D is an essential health factor from birth onward. This study was conducted to summarize epidemiologic researches regarding vitamin D deficiency in different parts of the ...
Mehrnoush Kosaryan   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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