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Thalassemia

Known as: Thalassemia, unspecified, syndromes thalassemia, Thalassemia [Disease/Finding] 
A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains. There are several genetic… 
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AnemiaBart's HemoglobinopathyHematological DiseaseHematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell

Broader (2)

Anemia, Hemolytic, CongenitalHemoglobinopathies

Narrower (6)

Cooley's anemiaHemoglobin F DiseaseHereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin thalassemiaThalassemia Minor

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2007
2007
Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health
1. Language and Status: The Disappearing and Reappearing 'Midwife' 2. Genetic Traits as Pollution: The Case of 'White English… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Quantitative analysis of chimerism after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by PCR amplification of microsatellite markers and capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence detection: the Frankfurt…
Quantitative analysis of chimerism after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by PCR amplification of microsatellite markers and… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Lens opacities in thalassemia.
This is the first case report of cataracts in patients with thalassemia major. Desferrioxamine, an iron-chelating agent is being… 
1974
1974
Gene deletion as the cause of α thalassaemia: The severe form of α thalassaemia is caused by a haemoglobin gene deletion
Two independent groups show that the absence of all or part of the globin α-chain gene is the origin of the homozygous… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The clinical features of sickle-cell- thalassaemia in Jamaica.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Screening for thalassemia trait by electronic measurement of mean corpuscular volume.
THALASSEMIAS are a group of hereditary blood conditions with clinical and genetic implications that occur frequently in… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE PSEUDOMONADS
Colwell, R. R. (University of Washington, Seattle), and J. Liston. Taxonomic relationships among the pseudomonads. J. Bacteriol… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Thalassemia in the West Indies.
UNTIL comparatively recently thalassemia was thought to be confined predominantly to persons of Mediterranean origin. it is now… 
1954
1954
An abnormal substance present in the erythroblasts of thalassaemia major; cytochemical investigations.
Highly Cited
1944
Highly Cited
1944
HEMATOLOGIC AND GENETIC STUDY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THALASSEMIA: (COOLEY'S ANEMIA; MEDITERRANEAN ANEMIA)
Cooley's anemia, 1 or thalassemia, 2 is a rare but well known disease. This fatal disorder is characterized by a chronic…