Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders. They are forms of thalassemia caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the...
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TDTs include Beta-thalassemia major, nondeletional HbH disease, survived Hb Bart's disease, and severe HbE/beta-thalassemia. Thalassemias are genetic disorders...
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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...
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haemoglobin. Beta thalassemia is an inherited genetic mutation in one (Beta thalassemia minor) or both (Beta thalassemia major) of the Beta globin alleles...
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Alpha-thalassemia (α-thalassemia, α-thalassaemia) is a form of thalassemia involving the genes HBA1 and HBA2. Thalassemias are a group of inherited blood...
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Sickle cell-beta thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder. The disease may range in severity from being relatively benign and like sickle cell trait...
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Hemoglobin A (section Beta-thalassemia)
cardiovascular deformities that could lead to cardiac failure. Beta-thalassemia (β-thalassemia) is an inherited mutation of the β-globulin gene which causes...
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Hemoglobin A2 (section Thalassemia)
blood. 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...
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said to be helpful in differentiating iron deficiency anemia from beta thalassemia trait. The index is calculated from the results of a complete blood...
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Fetal hemoglobin (section Delta beta-thalassemia)
adult forms of hemoglobin begin to be produced. Diseases such as beta thalassemias, which affect components of the adult hemoglobin, can delay this process...
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