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thalassemia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mediterranean anaemia, mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia |
| Type of | monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia |
| Has types | thalassemia major, cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, cooley's anaemia |
Examples of thalassemia
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These include leukemia, sickle cell disease, Hodgkin's lymphoma,and thalassemia.
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Thalassemia is usually fatal in infancy unless ongoing transfusions are initiated.
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Inherited conditions like sickle cell disease and thalassemia lead to anemia.
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Gene therapy by allele selection in a mouse model of beta-thalassemia.
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In beta thalassemia, the gene produces inadequate levels of hemoglobin.
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Ninety-five percent of thalassemia births are in Asian, Indian, and Middle Eastern regions.
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People with thalassemia should produce hepcidin at high levels.
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Investigators also confirmed that the alpha-thalassemia trait is associated with a reduced stroke risk.
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Patients with thalassemia often require treatment to remove the excess iron to prevent tissue damage.
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- An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
- Thalassemia (also spelled thalassaemia) is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease. In thalassemia, the genetic defect which could be either mutations or deletion results in reduced rate of synthesis or no synthesis of one of the globin chains that make up hemoglobin. ...
- An inherited blood disorder in which the chains of the hemoglobin (a type of protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the tissues) molecule are abnormal; alpha thalassemia is where a mutation occurs in the alpha chain, while beta thalassemia is where the mutation occurs in the beta ...
- A group of blood diseases, that are inherited, which affect a person's hemoglobin and cause anemia. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen and nutrients to cells in the body.
- Thalassemia refers to a group of genetically-inherited disorders of the blood. It is not infectious and cannot be passed from one individual to another by personal contact. It is a disorder of the hemoglobin molecules inside the red blood cells, which are inherited. ...
- An inherited hemoglobin synthesis disorder resulting in reduced globin chain synthesis and chronic hemolytic anemia. Treating anemia by chronic transfusion therapy predisposes to secondary hemochromatosis.
- An inherited disorder of the gene in the red blood cells which results in the impaired ability to produce hemoglobin.
- A group of anemias that are passed on in genetic material; from family member to other family members.
- Any of a group of inherited disorders of hemoglobin metabolism in which there is impaired synthesis of one or more of the polypeptide chains of globin; several genetic types exist, and the corresponding clinical picture may vary from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal ...
