thalassemia: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Cooley’s anemia • hereditary leptocytosis • Mediterranean anemia

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sickle-thalassemia hemoglobin E-thalassemia beta-thalassemia alpha-thalassemia thalassemia major thalassemia minor red blood cell hemoglobin human genetic disease hypochromic microcytic anemia cystic fibrosis Duchenne muscular dystrophy sickle cell anemia inborn error of metabolism phenylketonuria albinism Marfan syndrome osteogenesis imperfecta neurofibromatosis Tay-Sachs disease

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