Milestones in the History of Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease
First Department of Medicine at the University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Thalass. Rep. 2014, 4(3), 4866; https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.4866
Submission received: 4 July 2014
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Revised: 29 July 2014
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Accepted: 30 November 2014
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Published: 4 December 2014
Abstract
The inherited hemoglobin disorders are a challenging topic for many reasons; they are caused by a variety of interesting molecular mechanisms, have a complicated pathophysiology, they constitute a multifaceted medical problem with pain and misery for the patients and unhappiness for their families, create several diagnostic and therapeutic questions, and they have a huge social and economic impact across the countries where they occur in high frequencies.
Keywords:
thalassemia; sickle cell disease; hemoglobin; anemia; neurological complications
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLoukopoulos, Dimitris. 2014. "Milestones in the History of Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease" Thalassemia Reports 4, no. 3: 4866. https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.4866
