alpha-Thalassemia
"alpha-Thalassemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disorder characterized by reduced synthesis of the alpha chains of hemoglobin. The severity of this condition can vary from mild anemia to death, depending on the number of genes deleted.
Descriptor ID |
D017085
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MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.071.141.150.875.100 C15.378.420.826.100 C16.320.070.875.100 C16.320.365.826.100
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Concept/Terms |
alpha-Thalassemia- alpha-Thalassemia
- alpha-Thalassemias
- Alpha Thalassemia
- Thalassemia, Alpha
- Thalassemia-alpha
- Thalassemia alpha
- A-Thalassemia
- Hemoglobin H Disease
- Disease, Hemoglobin H
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2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-Thalassemia" by people in Profiles.
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Xu YW, Zeng YH, Deng J, Liu Y, Gao L, Zhou CQ, Zhuang GL. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for alpha-thalassaemia in China. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2009 Jul; 26(7):399-403.
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Deng J, Peng WL, Li J, Fang C, Liang XY, Zeng YH, Sun HY, Zhou CQ, Zhuang GL. Successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis for alpha- and beta-thalassemia in China. Prenat Diagn. 2006 Nov; 26(11):1021-8.
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Deng J, Peng WL, Liu Y, Zhou CQ, Li J, Fang C, Lin WQ, Zhuang GL, Zeng YH, Tong DY. [Successful preimplantation genetic diagnosis for alpha-thalassemia using fluorescent polymerase chain reaction]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2005 Oct 12; 85(38):2682-5.
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