Depression and the affecting factors in patients with β Thalassemia Major having referred to Saravan city thalassemia center in 2017

Prevalence of HCVAb and HBsAg in Patients with Beta-thalassemia Major in Amirkola Thalassemia Center

Background and purpose: Beta-thalassemia major is a genetic disorder with known globin defect that leads to chronic hemolytic anemia. Due to the need for recurrent blood transfusion, the risk of infectious diseases such as hepatitis is higher in these patients. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 518 patients with thalassemia major in Amirkola Thalassemia Center, 2013-2...

Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia major patients in Thalassemia Center Jakarta, Indonesia

Background Regular transfusion in thalassemia major patients increases life expectancy and improves quality of life, but results in iron overload, which had toxic effects to organs including endocrine glands. The introduction of iron chelation therapy has reduced its toxicity, but complications may still occur. In Indonesia, most of our patients did not receive optimal iron chelation therapy, w...

Serum Lipids in Turkish Patients with β-Thalassemia Major and β-Thalassemia Minor

Conflict of Interest: The authors of this paper have no conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests, relationships, and/or affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials included. References 1. Harteveld CL, Higgs DR. Alpha-thalassaemia. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010;5:13. 2. Blackwell RQ, Jim RT, Tan TG, Weng MI, Liu CS, Wang CL. Hemoglobin G Waimanalo: alpha-64 Asp lead...

Therapeutic approaches in patients with β-thalassemia

Beta-thalassemia (β-thal) is a congenital hemoglobinopathy explained by a decreased level (β+) or absence (βο) of β-globin gene expression. Microcytic hypochromic anemia and various clinical symptoms comprising severe anemia to clinically nonsymptomatic features. Treatment with an ordered blood transfusion and iron chelator agents can decrease transfusion iron overload that causes normal matura...

seroprevalence of hcv antibody among patients with β-thalassemia major in amirkola thalassemia center, iran

β- thalassemia major is a common hemoglobinopathy in humans. in some journals, numerous studies have reported different prevalence of hepatitis c among β- thalassemia major because thalassemic patients need multiple blood transfusions and blood transfusion is a common transmission pathway for hepatitis c virus. thus this study was performed for detection of anti-hcv between β- thalassemia major...

Psychological Therapies: The Missing Link in Improving Treatment Adherence in Patients with β-thalassemia Major