| ThALeSSEMIA | |
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| Narang S |
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| Professor | |
| Department of Pathology, Index Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | |
| MEDICAL POEM | |
| -As Mediterranean or Cooley’s anemia knownTo haemolysis, the patient is prone.-Microcytic Hypochromic RBC’s and also target cellsIs the story which the blood film tells.
-Reticulocytes and bilirubin indirect increased With MCV, MCH, MCHC all decreased -Haemoglobin Electrophoresis is a must Gives a diagnosis, which one can trust -High HbF and HbA2 levels are seen Absent or variable HbA noted has been -A handy tool is the iron stain Siderotic granules are the finding main -The homozygote is of types two Beta zero and plus, label them you do. |
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| KEY WORDS | |
| Cooley,s anemia, Thalessemia, Hemoglobinopathy, Sideroblastic granules. | |
