background: iran is one of the countries located on “the thalassemia belt” with a significant annual number of thalassemia new births. given the importance of thalassemia prevention, a program to this effect was approved in iran in 1995. screening of carrier couples and prenatal diagnosis were the two main elements of this program. in the present study, the authors have tried to address the imp...

Background: Iran is one of the countries located on “the thalassemia belt” with a significant annual number of thalassemia new births. Given the importance of thalassemia prevention, a program to this effect was approved in Iran in 1995. Screening of carrier couples and prenatal diagnosis were the two main elements of this program. In the present study, the authors have tried to address the imp...

abstract background iran is one of the countries located on the “thalassemia belt” and a thalassemia prevention program was approved in our country in 1995. many different researchers have studied the success of this program with no unanimous findings. material and methods a comprehensive literature search was performed using pubmed, web of science, and google scholar databases in farsi and eng...

study of the knowledge in guilan university students about thalassemia seyam sh , assemi a received: 25 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: thalassemia is caused by hemoglobin production disorder and intense anemia. general awareness of the public is an important preventive step. this study examins the knowledge of guilan university students about thalassemia. materi...

Abstract Background Iran is one of the countries located on the “thalassemia belt” and a thalassemia prevention program was approved in our country in 1995. Many different researchers have studied the success of this program with no unanimous findings. Material and Methods A comprehensive literature search was performed using PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases in Farsi an...

this study presented a mini review on folic acid deficiency and recommendations for its supplementation in thalassemia intermedia (ti). ti is a clinical condition which lies between thalassemia major and thalassemia minor. although ti patients may not need regular blood transfusion, precise diagnosis and management are critical for the prevention of clinical complications and quality of life im...

Thalassemia intermedia encompasses a wide clinical spectrum of beta-thalassemia phenotypes. Some thalassemia intermedia patients are asymptomatic until adult life, whereas others are symptomatic from as young as 2 years of age. A number of clinical complications commonly associated with thalassemia intermedia are rarely seen in thalassemia major, including extramedullary hematopoiesis, leg ulce...

Background Severe thalassemia diseases are a major health problem in Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there has never been a significant program for prevention or control of severe thalassemia. We, therefore, studied the effect of a health education program on severe thalassemia prevention and control in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Methods A quasi-experimental study in several communities around Phnom ...