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SummaryHemoglobinopathies represent the most frequent monogenic disorders worldwide. Migration during recent years led to a profoundly increasing number of patients in countries where the indigenous population has not been affected. This… Click to show full abstract
SummaryHemoglobinopathies represent the most frequent monogenic disorders worldwide. Migration during recent years led to a profoundly increasing number of patients in countries where the indigenous population has not been affected. This short review will give an overview on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, and treatment of the most relevant hemoglobinopathies, i.e., the thalassemias and sickle cell disease.
Keywords:
diverse clinically;
clinically complex;
genetically diverse;
complex globally;
hemoglobinopathies genetically;
relevant hemoglobinopathies
Journal Title: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology
Year Published: 2018
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