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A Hematologic Disease in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Thalassemia Major

Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery, 2023
Thalassemia is an inherited hematologic disease in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin. Patients are diagnosed with thalassemia major due to severe anemia and clinical symptoms.
Hazel Şahin Tarım, Fatma Öz
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Psychopathology in thalassemia major

Pediatrics International, 2009
AbstractBackground:  Thalassemia major (TM) is a chronic disease with adverse emotional effects on both the child and the family. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychiatric state and behavioral problems of children with TM.Methods:  Twenty children diagnosed with TM and 34 healthy children were enrolled in this study carried out by the ...
Polat, A., Çakaloz, Burcu, Çakaloz, İnanç, İnan, Murat, Oguzhanoglu, N.K.   +4 more
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Right ventricular volumes and function in thalassemia major patients in the absence of myocardial iron overload [PDF]

, 2010
Aim: We aimed to define reference ranges for right ventricular (RV) volumes, ejection fraction (EF) in thalassemia major patients (TM) without myocardial iron overload.Methods and results: RV volumes, EF and mass were measured in 80 TM patients who had ...
Maciej Garbowski, Maceira, A, Francisco Alpendurada, Banya Winston, He, T, Taigang He, Carpenter, JP, Smith, GC, Kirk, P, Shah, F, Maceira Alicia, Porter, JB, John B Porter, Banya, W, He Taigang, Walker, JM, Kirk Paul, Alicia Maceira, Alpendurada Francisco, Gillian C Smith, Porter John B, Smith Gillian C, Farrukh Shah, Pennell, DJ, Shah Farrukh, Pennell Dudley J, Deac Monica, Dudley J Pennell, Alpendurada, F, Paul Kirk, Winston Banya, Carpenter John-Paul, John-Paul Carpenter, Deac, M, J Malcolm Walker, Garbowski, M, Walker J Malcolm, Garbowski Maciej, Monica Deac   +38 more
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Multi-center transferability of a breath-hold T2 technique for myocardial iron assessment. [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Cardiac iron overload is the leading cause of death in thalassemia major and is usually assessed using myocardial T2* measurements. Recently a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) breath-hold T2 sequence has been developed as a possible ...
Tan, RS, Tan Ru, Chan, G.C.F, He, T, Fogel Mark A, Firmin David N, Au, W-Y, Pennell, Dudley J., Chan, GCF, Fogel, MA, Lam, W.M, Aydinok, Y, Chu, WCW, He, Taigang, Cohen, AR, Ng, I, Chu Winnie CW, Cohen, Alan R., Pennell, DJ, Pennell Dudley J, Firmin, D.N, Chu, W.C.W, Biceroglu, S, Fogel, M.A, Tan, R.S, Lam, WM, Chan Godfrey CF, Lam Wynnie M, Firmin, David N., Biceroglu Selen, Aydinok Yesim, Aydinok, Yesim, Firmin, DN, Kirk, Paul, Fogel, Mark A., Pennell, D.J, Ng Ivy, Kirk, P, Au, Wing-Yan, Tan, Ru San, Au, WY, He Taigang, Kirk Paul, Chan, GC, Biceroglu, Selen, Cohen, A.R, Au Wing-Yan, Chu, Winnie C. W., Chu, WC, Au, W.-Y, Lam, Wynnie M., Cohen Alan R, Ng, Ivy, Chan, Godfrey C. F., Taigang He, Godfrey CF Chan, Ru Tan, David N Firmin, Yesim Aydinok, Selen Biceroglu, Mark A Fogel, Winnie CW Chu, Wynnie M Lam, Ivy Ng, Wing-Yan Au, Dudley J Pennell, Paul Kirk, Alan R Cohen   +67 more
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Role of red blood cells “annexin V” and platelets “P-selectin” in patients with thalassemia

Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy, 2019
Objective/Background: Certain hemostatic anomalies found in patients with thalassemia suggest the existence of a chronic hypercoagulable state. Several etiologic factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of the hypercoagulable state in those patients ...
Zahraa Najah Mahdi, Subh S. Al-Mudallal, Bassam M. Hameed   +2 more
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Clinical Course of COVID-19 in a Thalassemia Major Patient who Underwent Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Bezmiâlem Science, 2021
We herein reported the course of Coronavirus diasease-19 (COVID-19) in a 21-year-old patient with thalassemia majo rdisease. The patient who underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 2013 and developed alloimmunization, presented with high ...
Aziz Ahmad HAMİDİ, Yıldız ULU, Habibullah AKTAŞ   +2 more
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Beta-Thalassemia major and pregnancy

Bratislava Medical Journal, 2013
It was studied the clinical management and the medical outcomes of 6 pregnancies in 5 women affected by Beta Thalassemia major, based on last guidelines and pharmacological treatments.Paediatric Department and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University of Catania.These patients were taken among a group of 116 women affected by beta ...
Gulino FA, Vitale SG, Fauzia M, Cianci S, Pafumi C, PALUMBO, MARCO   +5 more
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Splenic functions in thalassemia major

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1976
Platelet and F-VIII storage and phagocytic function of the spleen have been studied in 15 patients with β-thalassemia major who were not splenectomized and in 7 patients with Hb-S-β-thalassemia. Eight splenectomized patients, 4 had β-thalassemia major, and 11 healthy children served as controls.
S Ozsoylu, Y Lâleli, G Müniboğlu
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Assessment of level of Awareness regarding Thalassemia Major among Parents of Affected Children

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2021
Background: Thalassemia major is amongst the most common genetic disorders in developing countries like Pakistan. This research project aims to assess the level of knowledge among people related to thalassemia and the number of thalassemia cases linked ...
Faizan Fazal, Mateen Arshad, Haris Mustafa, Muhammad Ebad Ur Rehman, Usama Tanveer, Sidra Hamid   +5 more
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Prevalence of orofacial changes in patients with β-thalassemia major in Karbala City, Iraq [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate findings of oral abnormalities or changes in these patients, and compare it to healthy control subjects.
Muhanned Salah Abulsattar, Ali Mihsen Al-Yassiri   +1 more
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