Heterozygous Beta-Thalassemia, A Genetic Haemolytic Anaemia In Continuous Expansion

Haemolytic anaemia.

Haemolytic anaemia in myelomatosis.

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Haemolytic Anaemia in Osteopetrosis

The anaemia so frequently found in cases of osteopetrosis in children has been generally regarded as being due to poor development of the bone marrow cavity by failure of absorption and organization of primitive chondro-osteoid tissue (Warkany, 1959; Clifton and Frank, 1959; Aegerter and Kirkpatrick, 1958). In many cases, however, the severity of the anaemia has not corresponded with the radiol...

Prevalence of heterozygous beta-thalassemia in northern areas of Pakistan.

Five hundred apparently healthy adults from northern parts of Punjab and NWFP were screened for the prevalence of heterozygous beta-thalassemia. The trait was detected in all ethnic groups with an overall prevalence rate of 5.4% (27/500). Pathans had significantly (P less than 0.02) higher prevalence rate (7.96%) than Punjabis (3.26%).

Could Heterozygous Beta Thalassemia Provide Protection Against Multiple Sclerosis?

BACKGROUND Heterozygous beta thalassemia (HBT) has been proposed to increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease. Our aim in this study was to examine the prevalence of HBT among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS HBT frequency was investigated in our MS group (243 patients with MS). Hemoglobin electrophoresis (HE) was carried out if MS patients had a mean corpuscular ...