HYDROPS fetalis associated with hemoglobin Barts is believed to represent the homozygous state of α thalassemia. Ten cases occurring in Chinese families in Indonesia, Malaya and Hong Kong ...

Alpha thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which the body doesn't make as much alpha globin. Alpha globin is a building block of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the part of red blood cell (RBC) ...

Although these findings are not conclusive evidence for a thalassemia gene in the ... residue replacing a lysine residue on the alpha chain of the hemoglobin molecule. Hemoglobin I was not found ...

Fetal Hemoglobin Bart's Disease is a severe form of alpha thalassemia that can lead to significant complications during pregnancy, including fetal anemia and hypoxia. This condition arises from ...

Non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia encompasses three clinically distinct forms -- beta-thalassaemia intermedia, hemoglobin ...

I owe my long interest in inherited blood diseases and tropical medicine to a series of characteristically bizarre decisions by the British Army. In 1958, 2 years after qualifying in medicine from ...

Severe alpha thalassemia may lead to fetal demise or a life-long need for chronic transfusions with multiple medical complications, especially iron overload from transfusions. Develop lentiviral ...

You probably had a hemoglobin electrophoresis test done ... Most people with thalassemia minor (alpha or beta) do not develop fatigue due to anemia, as the anemia is quite mild.

Dark Urine Hemolysis and jaundice associated with thalassemia can cause dark-colored urine due to the presence of excess ...