Sentences with phrase «called thalassemia»

Anemia can be triggered by blood loss, a folic acid or vitamin B12 deficiency, sickle cell disease, and a genetic disorder called thalassemia, among other causes.

Even so, it is important to diagnose b thalassemia minor (also called thalassemia trait) because iron treatment for affected individuals does not help their anemia and may even be harmful.

Not exact matches

The researchers headed up by Claudia Vigano and Abigail Bouwman of the human aDNA laboratory at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine — the only laboratory of its kind in Switzerland — studied a thalassemia allele called cod39?