Thallasemia

thal·as·se·mi·a (th

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An inherited form of anemia occurring chiefly among people of Mediterranean descent, caused by faulty synthesis of part of the hemoglobin molecule.

[Greek thalassa, sea + -emia.]

thalas·semic adj.

thalassemia (th

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Any of a group of inherited forms of anemia occurring chiefly among people of Mediterranean descent, caused by faulty synthesis of part of the hemoglobin molecule

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Noun

thalassemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin

Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia

monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes

hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia - anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin

Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major - a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged

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Cooley's anaemia Cooley's anemia haemosiderosis hemosiderosis hypochromic anaemia hypochromic anemia Mediterranean anaemia Mediterranean anemia monogenic disease monogenic disorder thalassaemia thalassaemia major thalassemia major	FAISALABAD, 16 April, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- A fully equipped Thallasemia ward has become operational in Hilal-e-Ahmar hospital with 15 registered children suffering from thallasemia. Thallasemia ward starts functioning in Hilal-e-Ahmar Hospital by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan) Anthony Blau's group at the University of Washington suggests that patients with genetic blood disorders, such as thallasemia or sickle cell anemia, may be treated by administering stem cells derived from cord blood or other sources, engineered with the ARGENT cell-growth switch and a curative therapeutic gene, and then dosed with ARIAD's dimerizer drug to stimulate production of the specifically modified blood cells in the body," said Harvey J. ARIAD Announces Progress With ARGENT Stem Cell Therapy At American ... by Business Wire	thalassaemia major thalassemia thalassemia major Thalassian thalassic Thalassinian thalassocracy thalassography Thalassoma Thalassoma bifasciatum thalassomania thalassophobia thalassotherapy Thalberg thaler Thales Thales of Miletus thali Thalia Thaliacea Thalian Thalictrum thalidomide Thalidone thall- Thallasemia Thallate Thallene thalli thallic Thalline Thallious thallium thallo- Thallogen thalloid Thallophyta thallophyte thallophytic thallous thallus thalmencephalon thalweg Thames Thames River Thammuz Thamnophile Thamnophilus Thamnophis Thamnophis proximus Thamnophis sauritus	Thali (food) Thalia Thalia Thalia (Greek mythology) Thalia (Greek mythology) Thaliacea Thaliacea Thalian Thalictrum Thalictrum Thalictrum flavum Thalictrum thalictroides Thalidamide Thalidamide Thalidamide thalidomide thalidomide thalidomide thalidomide neuropathy Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada Thalidomider Thalidone thalis Thalitone Thalitone Thalium Thalium Thalium thall- Thallasarche Thallasemia Thallassemia Thallassemia Thallassemia Thallate Thallene Thallesemia Thallesemia Thallesemia Thallessemia Thallessemia Thallessemia thalli thalli thalli thallic thallic Thalline Thalline Thallious thallium thallium thallium thallium thallium thallium 201 thallium 201 thallium 201 thallium acetate thallium bromide thallium carbonate

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Cooley's anaemia
Cooley's anemia
haemosiderosis
hemosiderosis
hypochromic anaemia
hypochromic anemia
Mediterranean anaemia
Mediterranean anemia
monogenic disease
monogenic disorder
thalassaemia
thalassaemia major
thalassemia major

FAISALABAD, 16 April, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- A fully equipped Thallasemia ward has become operational in Hilal-e-Ahmar hospital with 15 registered children suffering from thallasemia.

Thallasemia ward starts functioning in Hilal-e-Ahmar Hospital by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)

Anthony Blau's group at the University of Washington suggests that patients with genetic blood disorders, such as thallasemia or sickle cell anemia, may be treated by administering stem cells derived from cord blood or other sources, engineered with the ARGENT cell-growth switch and a curative therapeutic gene, and then dosed with ARIAD's dimerizer drug to stimulate production of the specifically modified blood cells in the body," said Harvey J.

ARIAD Announces Progress With ARGENT Stem Cell Therapy At American ... by Business Wire

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