Abstract β‐thalassemia major is an inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires lifelong red
blood cell transfusions and iron chelation therapy to prevent complications due to iron …

The β-thalassemias, including the hemoglobin E disorders, are not only common in the
Mediterranean region, South-East Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East but …

OBJECTIVES: To study the gene frequency of βTT and other hemoglobinopathies in three
regions East (Kolkata), West (Mumbai) and North (Delhi) in larghe population group …

Haemoglobinopathies including the thalassemias and sickle cell disease are known to be
prevalent inherited disorders in most Arab countries with varying prevalence rates and …

Growth Parameters and Vitamin D status in Children with Thalassemia Major in Upper Egypt -
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Background Early vascular alteration, atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease have
emerged as important cardiovascular complications among beta-thalassemia major (B-TM) …

Background Consanguineous marriages are defined as marriages between blood relatives;
however, geneticists usually use this term to refer to unions between second cousins or …

Abstract β-Thalassemia is considered the most common chronic hemolytic anemia in Egypt.
Patients with β-thalassemia whose anemia is not so severe as to necessitate regular …

As clinical geneticists, we recently reviewed our 43 years experience in an attempt to
represent the frequency of genetic disorders in the Division of Genetics at Pediatric Hospital …

Background The molecular defects resulting in a β-thalassemia phenotype, in the Egyptian
population, show a clear heterogenic mutations pattern. PCR-based techniques, including …