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THALASSEMIA

THALASSEMIA Major ( Cooley's Anemia) -

  • beochemical abnormality affecting either alpha or beta polypeptide chains of globin
  • beta thalassemia refers to inherited hemolytic anemiacharacterized by absence of the beta globulin chain of hemoglobin synthesis
  • very common in middle east
  • this inherited from both parents

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
  • severe chronic hemolytic anemia
  • mark enlargement of the liver and spleen
  • jaundice
THALASSEMIA MINOR (Cooley's trait)-
  • characterized by a defective red cell as seen in laboratory finding


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2 Comments:

  1. Joshua Concepcion said...
    September 20, 2008 at 9:17 AM  
    cool blog, I'll definitely go here when I'm feeling something "weird".
    Gina lee said...
    September 26, 2008 at 9:42 PM  
    Hi, passing by, trying to look for some anatomy topics..

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