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Lecture 18: Thalassemia
Sujit Sheth MD
Presentation Date:
February 15, 2024
> Quantitative Hemoglobinopathies
(disorders of ineffective erythropoiesis).
> Globin gene mutations that result in decreased production of globin chains
Thalassemias (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta).
Chair, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology,
Weill Cornell Medicine
shethsu@med.cornell.edu
Left: Globin Structure of Hemoglobin. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Oxy-Hemoglobin.jpg
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