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Browsing Medicine by Subject "beta-Thalassemia-epidemiology"

Browsing Medicine by Subject "beta-Thalassemia-epidemiology"

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  • Age-related changes in adaptation to severe anemia in childhood in developing countries 
    O Donnell, A.; Premawardhena, A.; Arambepola, M.; Allen, S.J.; Peto, T.E.; Fisher, C.A.; Rees, D.C.; Olivieri, N.F.; Weatherall, D.J. (National Academy of Sciences, 2007)
    Severe forms of anemia in children in the developing countries may be characterized by different clinical manifestations at particular stages of development. Whether this reflects developmental changes in adaptation to ...
  • Hemoglobin E-[beta] Thalassemia: Progress Report from the International Study Group 
    Premawardhena, A.; de Silva, S.; Arambepola, M.; Olivieri, N. F.; Vichinsky, E. P.; Merson, L.; Muraco, G.; Allen, A.; Fisher, C.; Peto, T.; Weatherall, D. J. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)
    A long-term observational study of Hb E-beta-thalassemia in Sri Lanka is beginning to define some of the genetic and environmental factors that are responsible for its remarkable phenotypic variability. In this population ...
  • The Molecular basis for the thalassaemias in Sri Lanka 
    Fisher, C.A.; Premawardhena, A.P.; de Silva, S.; Perera, G.; Rajapaksa, S.; Olivieri, N.A.; Old, J.M.; Weatherall, D.J.; Sri Lanka Thalassaemia Study Group (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003)
    The beta-globin gene mutations and the alpha-globin genes of 620 patients with the phenotype of severe to moderate thalassaemia from seven centres in Sri Lanka were analysed. Twenty-four beta-globin gene mutations were ...
  • Thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: implications for the future health burden of asian populations 
    de Silva, S.; Fisher, C.A.; Premawardhena, A.P.; Lamabadusuriya, S.P.; Peto, T.E.; Perera, G.; Old, J.M.; Clegg, J.B.; Olivieri, N.F.; Weatherall, D.J.; Sri Lanka Thalassaemia Study Group (Lancet Publishing Group, 2000)
    BACKGROUND: Thalassaemias pose an increasing problem for the Indian subcontinent and many Asian countries. We analysed the different types of thalassaemia in the Sri Lankan population, surveyed gene frequencies in ...

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