Thalassemia in a Family of Pure German Extraction
- 25 October 1956
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 255 (17) , 815-817
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195610252551706
Abstract
THALASSEMIA, or Cooley's anemia, first clearly described by Cooley1 in 1925, is a hereditary disease. Anemia results from the inability to utilize an adequate amount of the iron usually present in elevated levels in the serum. Although the disease is classically restricted to the Mediterranean races, sporadic cases have been reported in persons of many nationalities.2 This report concerns an Iowa family of pure German extraction that was found to carry the trait for thalassemia in at least three generations. The rarity of thalassemia in families of German extraction3 was considered to warrant a report of this study.Case Report . . .Keywords
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- Studies on Abnormal HemoglobinsBlood, 1951