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disease > hemopathy > hemoglobinopathy > thalassemia > β-thalassemia

Preferred term

β-thalassemia

Definition(s)

Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders. They are forms of thalassemia caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin that result in variable outcomes ranging from severe anemia to clinically asymptomatic individuals. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept(s)

thalassemia

Narrower concept(s)

hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin

In other languages

thalassémie β

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-PFM79XR5-6

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