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Thalassaemia Major (ß Thalassaemia)

Background

Thalassaemia Major: Thalassemia Major – USA; ß Thalassaemia; Thalassaemia; Mediterranean Anaemia; Cooley's Anaemia; Homozygous ß Thalassaemia

ß thalassaemia major is a life-threatening, genetically inherited, progressive anaemia common in the Mediterranean, Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern countries.

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Medical text written December 2001 by Dr B Wonke, Consultant Haematologist, Whittington Hospital, London, UK. Last reviewed October 2006 by Dr Paul Telfer, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Haematology, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.

 

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