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Browsing Medicine by Subject "beta-Thalassemia-complications"

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  • Adaptation to anemia in hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia 
    Allen, A.; Fisher, C.; Premawardhena, A.; Peto, T.; Allen, S.J.; Arambepola, M.; Thayalsuthan, V.; Olivieri, N.; Weatherall, D. (American Society of Hematology, 2010)
    Hemoglobin E beta thalassemia is the commonest form of severe thalassemia in many Asian countries. Its remarkably variable clinical phenotype presents a major challenge to determining its most appropriate management. In ...
  • The association between steatosis and liver damage in transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia patients 
    Padeniya, P.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, A.P.; Niriella, M.; Premawardhena, A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)
    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global health problem. Iron is the leading cause of liver damage in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (TDT), and data on the contribution of NAFLD to liver ...
  • Iron overload and iron-chelating therapy in haemoglobin E/beta thalassaemia 
    Olivieri, N.F.; de Silva, S.; Premawardhena, A.P.; Sharma S.; Viens, A.M.; Taylor, C.M.; Brittenham, G.M.; Weatherall, D.J. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000)
    Whereas hemoglobin (Hb) E-beta thalassemia is recognized as probably the most common serious hemoglobinopathy worldwide, its natural history remains poorly defined. The interaction of hemoglobin E and beta-thalassemia ...
  • Is the beta thalassaemia trait of clinical importance? 
    Premawardhena, A.; Arambepola, M.; Katugaha, N.; Weatherall, D. J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
    Although the beta thalassaemia trait affects millions of people worldwide, there have been no controlled studies to determine whether it is associated with any clinical disability or abnormal physical signs. To address ...
  • Transfusion-transmitted Hepatitis C: A cluster of cases in transfusion-dependent Thalassaemia patients in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, S.; Bonsall, D.; Niriella, M.A.; Allen, A.; Peries, A.C.; Nelumdeniya, U.B.; Dissanayake, R.; Silva, I.; de Cesare, M.; Klenerman, P.; Weatherall, D.J.; Roberts, D. J.; Premawardhena, A.P. (Blackwell Scientific Publications,, 2020)
    OBJECTIVES: To report the clinical and virologic epidemiology of a recent epidemic of hepatitis C in thalassaemia patients in Sri Lanka. BACKGROUND: Transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients remain at risk for hepatitis ...

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