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A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains. There are several genetic types with clinical pictures ranging from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal anemia.
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- Thalassemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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65; was ANEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC 1963-64; ANEMIA, TARGET-CELL was see THALASSEMIA 1965-92
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Thalassemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013789. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013789
- Thalassemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassemia
- Thalassemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185137