Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders that result in abnormal hemoglobin. Symptoms depend on the type of thalassemia and can vary from none to severe...

Alpha-thalassemia (α-thalassemia, α-thalassaemia) is a form of thalassemia involving the genes HBA1 and HBA2. Thalassemias are a group of inherited blood...

Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders. They are forms of thalassemia caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the...

Delta-beta thalassemia is a rare form of thalassemia in which there is a reduced production of hemoglobin subunit delta and hemoglobin subunit beta and...

Hemoglobin A2 may be increased in beta thalassemia or in people who are heterozygous for the beta thalassemia gene. HbA2 exists in small amounts in all...

to have a “silent” α-thalassemia whereas, if the mutation is on both then it is considered an α-thalassemia trait. α-thalassemia is mostly found in sub-tropical...

Treatment of the inherited blood disorder thalassemia depends upon the level of severity. For mild forms of the condition, advice and counseling are often...

general and of microcytic anemia in particular Thalassemia Adulthood Iron deficiency anemia Thalassemia Anemia of chronic disease Rare hereditary causes...

variants are HbS, HbE and HbC. The main types of thalassemia are alpha-thalassemia and beta thalassemia. The two conditions may overlap because some conditions...

amounts of anomalous β mRNA. The reduced synthesis of β chain may cause β-thalassemia. Also, this hemoglobin variant has a weak union between α- and β-globin...

said to be helpful in differentiating iron deficiency anemia from beta thalassemia trait. The index is calculated from the results of a complete blood count...

implicated with genetic disorders such as sickle-cell disease and beta thalassemia, as well as beneficial traits such as genetic resistance to malaria....

alpha-thalassemia intermedia, is a disease affecting hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying molecule within red blood cells. It is a form of Alpha-thalassemia which...

and transfusion-dependent thalassemia is diagnosed based on gene mutations. Screening for heterozygosity in the thalassemia gene is an option for early...

Alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome (ATRX), also called alpha-thalassemia X-linked intellectual disability syndrome, nondeletion type or ATR-X...

Sickle cell-beta thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder. The disease may range in severity from being relatively benign and like sickle cell trait...

attributed to various anemias, most often; beta thalassemia major, a form of microcytic anemia. In β thalassemia major the beta hemoglobin chain is completely...

the treatment of sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. It was developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics....

iron deficiency anemia and decreased or normal in thalassemia major (Cooley's anemia), thalassemia intermedia Anisocytosis with normal RBC size – Early...

hemoglobin, such as hemoglobin C. It can also be used to investigate thalassemias, which are disorders caused by defective hemoglobin production. The test...

name Reblozyl, is a medication used for the treatment of anemia in beta thalassemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

chain that is abnormally long. It is the most common nondeletional alpha-thalassemia mutation associated with hemoglobin H disease. The quantity of hemoglobin...

adult forms of hemoglobin begin to be produced. Diseases such as beta thalassemias, which affect components of the adult hemoglobin, can delay this process...

globins bind to form hemoglobin Barts. It is produced in the disease alpha-thalassemia and in the most severe of cases, it is the only form of hemoglobin in...

commercialize medicines for various diseases including sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, various cancers, type 1 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. The CEO...

heterozygous (inherited in only one of the chromosome 11) HbD trait, HbD-thalassemia, HbS-D (sickle cell) disease, and, very rarely, homozygous (inherited...

organisation. It is a youth organisation working for blood donation, thalassemia, bone marrow transplantation and disaster relief.[citation needed] Since...

Cypriot – Thalassemia. Testing is fully subsidized and mandated in both jurisdictions on Cyprus.[failed verification] Both Maldivian – Thalassemia. Testing...

synthesis[citation needed]. Thalassemia can cause microcytosis. Depending upon how the terms are being defined, thalassemia can be considered a cause of...

include iron deficiency, folate deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, thalassemia and a number of bone marrow tumors. Causes of increased breakdown include...