Thalassemia
General Info about Thalassemia

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Thalassemia comes from the Greek word "thalassemia" which means "anemia by-the-sea." The name thalassemia was coined at the University of Rochester in upstate New York by the Nobel Prize-winning pathologist George Whipple and the professor of pediatrics William Bradford from the Greek thalassa for sea and -emia meaning the blood.

Thalassemia was first described by Cooley and Lee in 1925. Most of their patients were of Mediterranean ancestry and a majority of them suffered anemia. Hence this group of anemias are also known as Cooley's Anemia or Mediterranean Anemia.

The thalassemias are a group of genetic blood disorders that affect a person's ability to produce hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in our red blood cells that carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body.

Latest Publication and Research on Thalassemia - Updated on 11/21/2011

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First conference of the worldwide initiative on social studies of haemoglobinopathies sickle cell over the next 100 years. - Published by PubMed

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Posted by: jatin.sejpal Posted on: 01/31/2011

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Posted by: Fragrance_of_flower Posted on: 08/29/2010

salam
dear dr sahib
to day i saw your website on internet and i am very impress that u trying to treat thalassemia. i have a problumb that i want to tell you i have 9mounth baby he hase thalassemia Major we tried alot to treat him but invain becouse we also tried for Bone marrow transplant but his brother and sister bothe result wer matchless now we want to know abt any other treatment which serve our child in this case we need ur help if u have any treatment or know abt any perfect treatment please inform us i will be waiting for your reply .

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Posted by: Ibrahim-liyam Posted on: 09/18/2009

what is difference between bonemarrow & Cord blood stem cell transplantation? Which is the successful method or the estimated successful percentage for this? I thank Dr. Revathi Raj for hard work for his big acheivement. I am a father of 2+ Thalasemic boy.

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Posted by: ThankfulMom(Guest) Posted on: 11/25/2011

Dr.Reavathy Raj is a great expert in the field of Hematology. She tailors treatments that will best suit the individual patients. She is Great.

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