To define how excess unpaired alpha- and beta-globin chains in severe beta-thalassemia and severe alpha-thalassemia interacting with the membrane might alter cellular and membrane properties, we performed a series of biophysical and biochemical analyses on erythrocytes obtained from affected patients. Detailed analysis of cellular and membrane deformability characteristics showed that both form...

abstract background the purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of major depressive and anxiety disorders in hemophilic and major beta thalassemic patients related to education of their mothers as a family’s agent. materials and methods a case-control study was performed on 34 major beta thalassemic patients. for each patient the control group was selected and matched (with age and s...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the major cause of liver failure in thalassemic patients. In these patients, iron overload and their comorbidities make difficulties during Pegylated-Interferon (PEG-IFN) and Ribavirin (RBV) therapy. OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess the impact of polymorphisms near the IL28B gene on virological response in HCV - infected thalassemic patients, who were treate...

OBJECTIVES To provide a description of mesiodistal crown diameters (MD) and tooth-size discrepancy (TSD) of the permanent dentition in patients with thalassemia major (TM) and to compare the results with those of unaffected control group. STUDY DESIGN The sample consisted of 46 thalassemic patients, 25 males and 21 females aged 7.3 to 23.7 years (mean ± SD = 11.2 ± 3.9 years) and control grou...

Rapid diagnosis of major beta thalassemia along with certain preventive measures is of utmost significance. The present study aims to compare the fingerprints in Major beta thalassemic patients (67) and in their parents (76 with minor thalassemia) with the normal fingerprints of control group (144). A forensic medical examiner determined fingerprint types of arch, loop, whorl and other types. L...

I NTRACELLULAR PRECIPITATES in ghosts prepared from red cells of patients with thalassemia major were described first by Hoffman1 in 1956. Such inclusions have been recognized in intact thalassemic erythrocytes by J osephson et al.,2 Fessas, ’ Nathan et al.46 and others. The present work was stimulated by observations of the difficulty involved in removing hemoglobin from thalassemic ghosts enc...

Tooth transposition, which is a rare condition, is ascribed to the disturbance of tooth eruption and the subsequent abnormal occlusal relationships. Transpositions mostly involve the upper jaw and more frequently occur between the maxillary canine and first premolar. Herein, we present a case of a maxillary canine‒second molar transposition in a thalassemic patient.

A new beta(0) thalassemia allele caused by a TGAT insert in codon 116 of exon III was detected in a patient compound heterozygous for beta(0) thalassemia / Hb D Los Angeles and his father. The mutation unexpectedly causes a classical thalassemic phenotype. The compound heterozygosity leads to mild microcytic anemia and no further clinical signs.