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Br J Biomed Sci
December 2024
Department of Hematology, Sandwell and West, Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust, West Bromwich, United Kingdom.
In this report, we describe a case of homozygous delta-beta (δβ) thalassaemia, a rare genetic disorder characterized by severe deficiency in delta (δ) and beta (β)-globin chain production, leading to ineffective erythropoiesis and chronic haemolytic anaemia. The patient, a 26-year-old female with δβ-thalassaemia, experienced a miscarriage. High-performance liquid chromatography revealed 89.
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June 2024
Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
A congenital protein anomaly in the erythrocyte membrane skeleton causes a hereditary haemolytic illness known as hereditary spherocytosis (HS). The primary characteristic of HS is an increase in the number of tiny spherical red blood cells in the peripheral blood. The chief clinical features of HS include anaemia, jaundice, splenomegaly, spherical erythrocytosis in the blood, chronic anaemia with haemolysis, and recurrent acute attacks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This article discusses the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurologic complications of red blood cell, platelet, and plasma cell disorders.
Latest Developments: Cerebrovascular complications can occur in patients with blood cell and platelet disorders. Treatment strategies to prevent stroke are available for patients with sickle cell disease, polycythemia vera, and essential thrombocythemia.
J Equine Vet Sci
July 2023
Department of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Physiology Unit, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina, Italy.
The interpretation of the blood count is essential to help the equine clinician in the diagnosis, prognosis, patient management, and control of equine diseases. Hematologic alterations often reflect the condition of the individual or an overall response to a pathological situation. A thorough clinical examination of the patient is essential to correctly interpret the hematological results.
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