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thalassaemia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mediterranean anaemia, mediterranean anemia, thalassemia |
| Type of | monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia |
| Has types | thalassemia major, cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, cooley's anaemia |
Examples of thalassaemia
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Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia affect 12 000 people in Britain and 60 000 in the US.
From the newscientist.com
In its most severe form, untreated thalassaemia leads to death in the first decade of life.
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Transfusion independence and HMGA2 activation after gene therapy of human beta-thalassaemia.
From the nature.com
Chemists may soon have a way to help children with the fatal genetic disorder thalassaemia.
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Each year, almost 100,000 babies are born with thalassaemia, also known as Cooley's anaemia.
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Thalassaemia is a complex disease which requires two out of a set of multiple genes to be defective.
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Alpha thalassaemia occurs when one or more of the four copies of the alpha globin gene are missing.
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His parents wanted another child and chose IVF so their embryos could be tested to rule out thalassaemia.
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Lo recruited a couple who were at risk of having a child with beta-thalassaemia, an inherited form of anaemia.
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- Thalassemia: an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
- (Thalassaemias) A group of inherited blood disorders resulting from reduced or absent production of globin chains for the haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells. This leads to mild to severe anaemia. Other symptoms may include an enlarged spleen and anormalities in the bone marrow. ...
- A hereditary anaemia resulting from reduced production of either alpha or beta haemoglobin. Depending on the type, the condition can be fatal before or just after birth, or can result in varying levels of anaemia and development difficulties.
- A group of conditions where there is a reduction in the rate at which globin chains of haemoglobin are formed. The conditions are inherited.
- A blood disease, also called Mediterranean anaemia, which runs in families and is found more often in some races than in others. In a healthy person, red blood cells last about four months before being replaced by new ones. ...
