Hemoglobin H disease, when you have three ... You may also have genetic testing to find out what type of thalassemia you have. Prenatal diagnosis of thalassemia If you're pregnant or trying ...
4, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2006 Thalassemia and Asian Americans: Living ... Thalassemia is a potentially life-threatening genetic blood disease for which Asians in California are at highest risk, compared ...
The father and four of his relatives had a degree of impairment of beta-chain production characteristic of heterozygous beta thalassemia, despite the lack of the usual criteria for this disorder.
When one family member has this disorder, siblings, parents, and children are also at risk. A secondary form of hemochromatosis is not genetic and is caused by other diseases, such as thalassemia ...