Therefore, not every individual with triplicated alpha globin coinherited with beta-thalassemia trait will have a significantly lower Hb than normal, and it is highly likely that none of them will need transfusion.doi:10.1002/jha2.262Mohammad Hamid...
Dr. Neel recognized that the parents of children with thalassemia major had thalassemia minor with one beta thalassemia gene. When these parents had children, they had a 25% chance of having a thalassemia major child (with both genes for beta thalassemia), a 50% chance of having children with...
Antenatal screening for beta thalassemia trait (BTT) followed by counseling of couples is an efficient way of thalassemia control. Since high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is costly, other cost-effective screening methods need to be devised for this purpose. The present study was aimed ...
Adults in a health maintenance organization, unselected for interest, were screened for beta-thalassemia trait as part of preventive health care. Counseling was provided by either a trained physician (conventional counseling) or by a videotape containing the same information followed by an opportunity ...
- Thalassemia trait (BTT) in a medical students of Karachi, Pakistan and to confirm the validity of Naked Eye Single Tube Red cell Osmotic Fragility Test (NESTROFT) to qualify for a mass screening test for BTT detection. SETTING: An analytical cross sectional study, performed from Jan 2010 ...
Family medical history showed that the father is a carrier for sickle cell anemia and the mother is a carrier for beta-thalassemia. Four of his five siblings are carriers either of sickle cell anemia or thalassemia as shown in Fig. (1). 2.2. Dental History The patient had no history of ...
Thalassemia major is one of the most common genetic disorders in Pakistan and over five thousand new patients are added in the pool annually. This familial disease has both medical and social implications, and therefore there is a need to assess the magnitude of beta-Thalassemia trait amongst fam...
Beta vs. VHS One year after Beta was introduced, the VHS format came out in a slightly larger cassette that held a full movie from the start. For several years, pre-packaged movies were offered in both Beta and VHS. By the late 1980s, Beta had been almost entirely eclipsed by VHS, ...
Five of these persons (three with Hb Q-India and two with Hb Q-Thailand) had an additional °-thalassemia heterozygoslty. The average quantities for Hb Q + Hb Q2 in the four groups were 17.2% (Q/; A/A), 9.5% (Q/; A/°Th), 26.8% (-Q/;A/A), and 16.95% (-Q/; A/°Th...
Beta °thalassemia trait in Sardinia. Hemoglobin 1979;3:33-46.Galanello R, Melis MA, Ruggeri R, Addis M, Scalas MT, Maccioni L, Furbetta M, Angius A, Tuveri T, Cao A. Beta 0 thalassemia trait in Sardinia. Hemoglobin. 1979; 3 (1):33–46. [ PubMed ]...