Effectiveness Of Blood Transfusion Therapy And Awareness Among Kinfolks Of Thalassemia Patients Visiting A Tertiary Care Hospital In North India
Effectiveness Of Blood Transfusion Therapy
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Effectiveness Of Blood Transfusion TherapyAbstract
The thalassemia is the most prevalent monogenic disease occurring at a high gene frequency throughout the thalassemia belt extending from Western Europe to Southeast Asia1. India, being ethnically diverse, frequency varies between several populations of different regions, averaging between 3-4%2. β-thalassemias are characterized by decreased synthesis of β globin chain of adult haemoglobin (HbA) resulting in transfusion dependant anaemia ,ineffective erythropoiesis, bone deformities with abnormal facies, hepatosplenomegaly and iron overload3.
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2. Mohanty D, Colah RB, Gorakshakar AC, Patel RZ ,Master DC, Mahanta J et al. Prevalence of β-thalassemia and other haemoglobinopathies in six cities in India: a multicentric study. J Community Genet. 2013; 4:33–42. 3. Hillyer CD, Silberstein LE, Ness PM, Anderson KC, Roback JD. Blood Banking and TransfusionMedicine, Basic Principles and Practice, 2nd ed. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier press; 2007.p 534.
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6. Chaudhari CN. Red cell alloantibodies in multiple transfused thalassaemia patients. MJAFI. 2011; 67:34–37.
2. Mohanty D, Colah RB, Gorakshakar AC, Patel RZ ,Master DC, Mahanta J et al. Prevalence of β-thalassemia and other haemoglobinopathies in six cities in India: a multicentric study. J Community Genet. 2013; 4:33–42. 3. Hillyer CD, Silberstein LE, Ness PM, Anderson KC, Roback JD. Blood Banking and TransfusionMedicine, Basic Principles and Practice, 2nd ed. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier press; 2007.p 534.
4. Mittal K, Bedi RK, Sood T, Kaur P, Kaur G. Transfusion support to thalassemic patients in a resource poor setting: still a long way to go. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2014 Sep; 53(3):97-8.
5. Singer ST, Wu V, Mignacca R, Kuypers FA, Morel P, Vichinsky EP. Alloimmunization and erythrocyte autoimmunization in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients of predominantly Asian descent. Blood.2000; 96: 3369–73.
6. Chaudhari CN. Red cell alloantibodies in multiple transfused thalassaemia patients. MJAFI. 2011; 67:34–37.
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2018-01-24
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Kaur, D., Doda, V., & Hemal, A. (2018). Effectiveness Of Blood Transfusion Therapy And Awareness Among Kinfolks Of Thalassemia Patients Visiting A Tertiary Care Hospital In North India: Effectiveness Of Blood Transfusion Therapy. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 7(5), 105–107. https://doi.org/10.70284/njirm.v7i5.1155
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