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A demographic prevalence of β Thalassemia carrier and other hemoglobinopathies in adolescent of Tharu population

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background and Aims: Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias are the commonest single gene disorders in India. In Terai region of India, Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias are the most common in the Tharu community.
Nitu Nigam, Rashmi Kushwaha, Geeta Yadav, Prithvi K Singh, Nitin Gupta, Bhupendra Singh, Monica Agrawal, Pooran Chand, Shailedra K Saxena, Madan Lal Brahma Bhatt   +9 more
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Dificuldades no diagnóstico laboratorial das hemoglobinopatias Dificulties on the laboratorial diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2007
Há vários tipos de hemoglobinopatias que são caracterizados por variantes das hemoglobinas anormais (ex: Hb S, Hb C, Hb Instáveis,etc) e por talassemias (ex: tal. alfa, tal.
Paulo Cesar Naoum, Claudia R. Bonini-Domingos   +1 more
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A importância do diagnóstico precoce na prevenção das anemias hereditárias The importance of early diagnosis in the prevention of hereditary anemias

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2006
As anemias hereditárias, que englobam as hemoglobinopatias e talassemias são doenças determinadas geneticamente. Na maioria dos casos os heterozigotos são assintomáticos e desconhecem o defeito genético do qual são portadores.
Paulo R. Melo-Reis, Luiz M. M. Araújo, Karlla G. B. Dias-Penna, Mauro M. Mesquita, Frank S. Castro, Sérgio H. N. Costa   +5 more
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Rastreamento de hemoglobinas variantes e talassemias com associação de métodos de diagnóstico Tracking of variant hemoglobins and thalassemias by association of diagnosis methodologies

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2008
O diagnóstico neonatal de hemoglobinopatias permite a melhoria na qualidade de vida do doente com a implementação de medidas profiláticas, acompanhamento clínico e aconselhamento genético.
Luciane M. S. Melo, Fátima A. M. Siqueira, Agnes C. F. Conte, Claudia R. Bonini Domingos   +3 more
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Thalassemia

Pediatrics In Review, 2012
Thalassemia is the most common form of inherited anemia worldwide. The World Health Organization reports suggest that about 60,000 infants are born with a major thalassemia every year. Although individuals originating from the tropical belt are most at risk, it is a growing global health problem due to extensive population migrations. Despite important
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Non-transfusion-dependent thalassemias

Haematologica, 2013
Non-transfusion-dependent thalassemias include a variety of phenotypes that, unlike patients with beta (β)-thalassemia major, do not require regular transfusion therapy for survival.
Khaled M. Musallam, Stefano Rivella, Elliott Vichinsky, Eliezer A. Rachmilewitz   +3 more
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Hemoglobinopathies in Iran: An Updated Review

International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 2020
Hemoglobinopathies are the most common single gene disorders (monogenic disorders) in the world population.  Due to specific position of Iran and the presence of multi-ethnic groups in the country, there are many varieties in the molecular genetics and ...
Abolfazl Nasiri, Zohreh Rahimi, Asad Vaisi-Raygani   +2 more
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Distribution of hemoglobinopathies in patients presenting for electrophoresis and comparison of result with High performance liquid chromatography

Journal of Pathology of Nepal, 2015
Background: Nearly 226 million carriers of thalassemias and abnormal hemoglobin are present worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The laboratory plays an important role in the investigation of the thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies.
R Jha
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The thalassemias among Laotians, Chinese and Filipinos in Hawaii: prevalences, gene frequencies, geographic distributions, screening strategy [PDF]

, 1991
Both alpha and beta thalassemias and hemoglobin E structural variants are examined in three ethnic groups now residing in Hawaii: Chinese, Laotian and Filipino (N=2644).
Hall, Jana
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Beta-thalassemia [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2010
Beta-thalassemias are a group of hereditary blood disorders characterized by anomalies in the synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin resulting in variable phenotypes ranging from severe anemia to clinically asymptomatic individuals. The total annual incidence of symptomatic individuals is estimated at 1 in 100,000 throughout the world and 1 in 10 ...
Galanello R, ORIGA, RAFFAELLA
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