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Patients with beta-thalassemia major (also known as Cooley’s anemia) have a reduction or absence of beta protein in their hemoglobin, resulting in severe anemia, which requires regular blood transfusions beginning early in childhood. These lifelong transfusions lead to iron overload, which requires chelation therapy to prevent organ failure. Historically, thalassemia was considered a pediatric condition […]

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Publish date : 2024-12-27 15:49:44

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