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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAlpha Thalassemia Carrier Detection a Diagnostic ApproachH. R. Samruddhi, Anupama Hegde, Harsha Prasada L et al.Alpha-thalassemia is one of the most common single-gene disorders, and its carrier state often remains undetected due to nonspecific hematological findings. This study aimed to identify alpha-thalassemia carrier status among people being investigated for hemoglobinopathy in a tertiary care setting. A cross-sectional laboratory-based study was conducted from January 2023 to January 2024. Hemoglobin variant analysis reports by High Performance Liquid … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 26, Issue 3 · 22 Sep 2026 · 481 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Review on Epidemiology and Thalassemia Distribution, in Relevance to United Arab Emirates PopulationPooja Shivappa, Grisilda Vidya Bernhardt, Manal Munir Mufti, Ayesha BanuThalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through families (inherited) in which the body makes an abnormal form or inadequate amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in large numbers of red blood cells being destroyed, which leads to anemia. Depending on the type of mutated globin, there are two … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 21, Issue 2 · 1 Jun 2021 · 7,570 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleImmunity to Pneumococcal Vaccine in Splenectomized β-Thalassemia PatientsAbdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Mohammad Reza Farjam, Alireza Makarem et al.Problem statement: Splenectomy is accompanied by a lifelong risk of overwhelming post splenectomy infection, mainly caused by encapsulated bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. The mortality rate in those infected patients remains high. Therefore the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine has been recommended. Approach: To obtain information on the immunity levels of pneumococcal antibody, in splenectomized β-thalassemia patients in south of Iran. Patients … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 May 2012 · 7,403 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractRhizopus Laryngitis Post Allogenic Stem Cell TransplantationMayank Dhamija, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Dharma Choudhary et al.Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI) are an important complication and constitute significantly to mortality and morbidity, post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT). We report a very rare case of fungal laryngitis post HSCT in a 15-year-old girl with Thalassemia major. She received Busulphan, Cyclophosphamide and Antithymocyte Globulin (Bu-Cy-ATG) based conditioning pre Matched Sibling Donor (MSD) transplant and presented on day 10 … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 7,325 accessesView PDF Cite