Amelogenesis imperfecta is a group of genetic disorders that affects both the morphology and quality of tooth structure. Although the disease entity is primarily associated with abnormalities of dental and oral structures, it has been reported to be associated with a few syndromes. A 9-year-old girl with minor thalassemia referred to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of the Mashhad Faculty ...

By W. N. POWELL, M.D., J. G. RODARTE, M.D., AND J. V. NEEL, PH.D., M.D. A LTHOUGH in recent years the blood disorders sickle cell disease and thalassemia have both been studied extensively from the genetic standpoint, thus far the simultaneous occurrence within a single family group of the genes responsible for these two diseases has not been reported in the medical literature of the United Sta...

A number of genetically variant erythrocytes showed decreased deformability of both intact cells and membranes prepared therefrom as measured by laser diffractometry. Erythrocytes associated with minor or no clinical symptoms (eg, alpha-thalassemia traits, hemoglobin [Hb] E trait, Hb Constant Spring trait), which showed only a minimal decrease in deformability, were, in general, invaded efficie...

A delayed fetal-to-adult hemoglobin (Hb) switch ameliorates the severity of β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The molecular mechanism underlying the epigenetic dysregulation of the switch is unclear. To explore the potential cis-variants responsible for the Hb switching, we systematically analyzed an 80-kb region spanning the β-globin cluster using capture-based next-generation sequencing ...

Habitual abortion, defined as more than two consecutive pregnancy losses, affects approximately 1% to 2% of women. This pathological condition undoubtfully frustrates a woman, yet this still has chance be treated and achieve favorable outcome. case report aims describe the success with history recurrent miscarriages (five times baby loss). The administration combination low-dose aspirin unfract...

To the best of our knowledge, there is no prospective trial study assessing the management of β-thalassemia by blood transfusion in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of blood transfusion on maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant patients with beta thalassemia minor and intermedia. We did this randomized, single -blind, controlled clinical trial on 36 pregnant wo...

The blood counts of 187 non-anaemic children who attended hospital with minor illnesses and who were between the ages of 12 months and 6 years were studied retrospectively. As many as 76-8% of these children were found to have MCVs below the normal adult range. A prospective study of a further 28 non-anaemic children in the same age group showed that the majority of children with low MCVs have ...