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Thalassemia
Related Diseases
- Alpha-Thalassemia
- Alpha-thalassemia-abnormal morphogenesis
- Beta-thalassemia
- Hemoglobin sickle-beta thalassemia
- Sickle delta beta thalassemia
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- PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Thalassemia. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
- The The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database contains genetics resources that discuss Thalassemia. Click on the link to go to OMIM and review these resources.