Thalassaemia

... are a number of different gene polymorphs that confer some kind of resistance to the most severe symptoms and death from malaria. HbS or alpha-thalassaemia confer resistance to death from complications of P falciprum infections, but having both traits is either no different or even slightly ...

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... burden of Cooley's anemia in affected children and their parents. 7.Arch Dis Child. 1995 May;72(5):408-12.Psychosocial and clinical burden of thalassaemia intermedia and its implications for prenatal diagnosis. 8Am J Med Genet. 1993 Jun 1;46(4):398-402.Cultural and psychosocial considerations ...

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