Thalassemias are a heterogeneous group of red blood cell disorders ranging from a clinically severe phenotype requiring life-saving transfusions (thalassemia major) to a relatively moderate symptomatic disorder, sometimes requiring transfusions (thalassemia intermedia). Thalassemia minor, the least severe ...
persons with thalassemia minor have a normal blood iron level (unless they are iron deficient for other reasons). No treatment is necessary for thalassemia minor. In particular, iron
We present a case with a rare association between two genetic conditions: Turner phenotype and beta thalassemia minor. Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that is characterized by the absence of all or part of a second sex chromosome in some or all cells. This condition occurs in 1 in ...
Thirty-two male subjects with beta-thalassemia minor and 32 sex-, age-, and education status-matched healthy subjects were enrolled in the study. Blood tests and P300 potentials were carried out. P300 potential latency in all patients was significantly longer than those in the control group (...
:thalassemia in which the longer hemoglobin chain is affected and which comprises Cooley's anemia in the homozygous condition and thalassemia minor in the heterozygous condition Examples ofbeta-thalassemiain a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web ...
Beta-thalassemia is caused by the reduced (beta+) or absent (beta0) synthesis of the beta globin chains of the hemoglobin tetramer. Three clinical and hematological conditions of increasing severity are recognized, i.e., the beta-thalassemia carrier stat
Can thalassemia be cured? Lifelong treatment with blood transfusions and medicine are the treatments for thalassemia. A stem cell transplant can cure thalassemia. Summary – Beta Thalassemia Major vs. Minor Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein, which is the main unit in the red blood cells that ...
Because total cholesterol levels have been found to be lower in patients affected by thalassemia major and intermedia, we examined the plasma lipid pattern of 628 beta-thalassemia trait carriers and 4552 controls in order to evaluate whether the plasma lipid impairment is also present in the heteroz...
Beta-thalassemia minor Carriers of thalassemia minor are usually clinically asymptomatic but sometimes have a mild anemia. When both parents are carriers there is a 25% risk at each pregnancy of having children with homozygous thalassemia. Dominant beta-thalassemia ...
The patient had been previously diagnosed with thalassemia minor.Access through your organization Check access to the full text by signing in through your organization. Access through your organization Section snippets Case report The present case involved a woman, age 49, with normotension who ...