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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Strauss RG, Petrides M. Rossi’s Principles of
Transfusion Medicine, 4th ed. Blackwell publishing
press; 2009.p.461.
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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2018-01-21
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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(3), 111–113. Retrieved from http://www.nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/1091
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