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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 BackgroundThere are limited studies on iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in carriers of various thalassemia genotypes. However, for pregnant women (PW) with high iron demand, ignoring the phenomenon of carrying the thalassemia genes combined with IDA may lead
Min Wang +6 more
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Effect of Maternal Beta-Thalassemia Minor on Obstetrical and Neonatal Outcomes in Kirkuk Province, Iraq [PDF]
Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Maternal beta-thalassemia minor may increase the risk of adverse obstetrical outcomes like restricted fetal growth, reduced birth weight, and preterm delivery.Objective: To determine maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with beta ...
Esraa Mohammed, Noorjan Muhammed
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Premarital Screening Program in Al-Nuaman Teaching Hospital
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Premarital blood screening helps couples to identify potential health problems and risks for themselves and their offspring, considered a primary preventive approach for couples planning for conception and an important step towards protecting
Basma D. Hanoon +2 more
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Comparison of biochemical parameters of prevalent hemoglobinopathies with healthy individuals
Medicine Science, 2020 Thalassemia is the most frequently seen monogenetic disorders around the world that is inherited as a recessive single-gene disease, resulting from mutations in α-or β-globin gene clusters.
Emrah Yerlikaya +2 more
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Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017 The aim of the present research is to study different protein fractions in sera of children and adolescent with β –thalassemia major and minor and to compare the results with that of healthy control.One hundred fifty children and adolescents were ...
Ali M. Malik +3 more
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Serum Bcl-2 Levels in Patients with β-Thalassemia Minor: A Pilot Study
Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2014 OBJECTIVE: Anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL may play a role in the survival of erythroid progenitor cells. Information about these proteins in patients with β-thalassemia minor is limited.
İrfan Yavaşoğlu +4 more
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Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2020 The minor thalassemia has always been considered as an asymptomatic disease in the majority of cases. However, according to the literature, the poor chronic retinal perfusion related to a minor thalassemia can produce ocular manifestations as venous ...
Soukaina Belfaiza +5 more
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Comparison of screening indicators for different types of thalassemia carriers in Hunan Province [PDF]
Journal of Medical BiochemistryBackground: Carrier screening is the most effective method to block the occurrence of thalassemia. However, due to differences in race and genotype, MCV, MCH, HbA2 and other indicators are far from each other. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the
Tang Hua, Yu Rong, Yu Ziyin, Xi Hui
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Bone minerals in β-thalassemia minor
Bone, 1995 Homozygous beta-thalassemia is a severe hereditary disorder associated with osteopenia. Recently it was suggested that thalassemia minor may be a risk factor for osteoporosis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate this suggestion. Bone mineral status was assessed in 22 premenopausal women and 21 men with beta-thalassemia minor.
Kalef-Ezra, J. +7 more
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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Thalassemia Minor [PDF]
Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2012 Sir, We read with interest the study reported by Dolai et al. [1] describing the prevalence of iron deficiency in thalassemia minor. We have previously reported the results obtained on investigation of 463 heterozygous beta thalassemics with respect to their iron status [2]. Eighty-eight (19 %) of these were children and the rest (81 %) were adults [
Nishi, Madan +3 more
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