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Is there a special diet for thalassemia? / Eleese Cunningham

By: Series: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 116 : 8, page 1360 Publication details: August 2016Content type:
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Subject(s): Summary: Hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs, is made of two protein chains: alpha globin and beta globin. When genes controlling hemoglobin production are missing or altered, thalassemia occurs and is classified as alpha thalassemia or beta thalassemia. Hundreds of alpha globin and beta globin mutations have been identified in thalassemia, and the severity of the disease depends on which mutation or combination of mutations is present.
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Hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs, is made of two protein chains: alpha globin and beta globin. When genes controlling hemoglobin production are missing or altered, thalassemia occurs and is classified as alpha thalassemia or beta thalassemia. Hundreds of alpha globin and beta globin mutations have been identified in thalassemia, and the severity of the disease depends on which mutation or combination of mutations is present.

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