West Bengal: Beta Thalassemia In Different Tribal Population In West Bengal, India

West Bengal: Beta Thalassemia In Different Tribal Population In West Bengal, India Deboshree Majumdar, Jayasri Basak, Abhijit Chakraborty, Soma Mukhopadhyay, Nabamita Pal, and Ashis Mukhopadhyay, 2010 Background: The Thalassemias are a group of anemia that results from a genetic defect whch reduces the rate of synthesis of normal globin chains. Beta Thalassemia results in severe microcytic, hypochromic, haemolytic anaemia among affected patients. It has emerged as one of the most common...

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