Sentences with phrase «thalassemia minor»

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.

People who have an absence or severe abnormality of only one of their b globin genes have b thalassemia minor.

If the cells are small, suggesting b thalassemia minor, further testing can be done to confirm the diagnosis.

Not exact matches

«For example, despite matching the ABO blood group antigens during red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, up to 45 percent of chronically transfused patients, such as those with sickle cell disease or thalassemia, develop antibodies to mismatched minor antigens on transfused RBCs; this process is known as alloimmunization.»