Thalassemia

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"Thalassemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains. There are several genetic types with clinical pictures ranging from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal anemia.

Descriptor ID	D013789
MeSH Number(s)	C15.378.071.141.150.875 C15.378.420.826 C16.320.070.875 C16.320.365.826
Concept/Terms	Thalassemia Thalassemia Thalassemias

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Diseases [C]
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases [C15]
Hematologic Diseases [C15.378]
Anemia [C15.378.071]
Anemia, Hemolytic [C15.378.071.141]
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital [C15.378.071.141.150]
Thalassemia [C15.378.071.141.150.875]
Hemoglobinopathies [C15.378.420]
Thalassemia [C15.378.420.826]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital [C16.320.070]
Thalassemia [C16.320.070.875]
Hemoglobinopathies [C16.320.365]
Thalassemia [C16.320.365.826]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2018	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Chapin J, Cohen AR, Neufeld EJ, Vichinsky E, Giardina PJ, Boudreaux J, Le BC, Kenney K, Trimble S, Thompson AA. An update on the US adult thalassaemia population: a report from the CDC thalassaemia treatment centres. Br J Haematol. 2022 01; 196(2):380-389.

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Schmotzer G, Kohlbry P, Strehlow K, Rist E, Bales K, Foe M, Yasmashita R, Yu J. Development of a community outreach project: An interprofessional partnership for thalassemia families guided by nursing students. Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 May; 53:103075.

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Steiner ME, Zantek ND, Stanworth SJ, Parker RI, Valentine SL, Lehmann LE, Josephson CD, Bateman ST, Luban NLC. Recommendations on RBC Transfusion Support in Children With Hematologic and Oncologic Diagnoses From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 09; 19(9S Suppl 1):S149-S156.

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Vichinsky E, Cohen A, Thompson AA, Giardina PJ, Lal A, Paley C, Cheng WY, McCormick N, Sasane M, Qiu Y, Kwiatkowski JL. Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of nontransfusion-dependent thalassemia in the United States. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 07; 65(7):e27067.

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Harvey MM, Coifman KG, Ross G, Kleinert D, Giardina P. Contextually appropriate emotional word use predicts adaptive health behavior: Emotion context sensitivity and treatment adherence. J Health Psychol. 2016 05; 21(5):579-89.

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Goss C, Giardina P, Degtyaryova D, Kleinert D, Sheth S, Cushing M. Red blood cell transfusions for thalassemia: results of a survey assessing current practice and proposal of evidence-based guidelines. Transfusion. 2014 Jul; 54(7):1773-81.

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Coifman KG, Ross GS, Kleinert D, Giardina P. Negative affect differentiation and adherence during treatment for thalassemia. Int J Behav Med. 2014 Feb; 21(1):160-8.

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Vichinsky E, Neumayr L, Trimble S, Giardina PJ, Cohen AR, Coates T, Boudreaux J, Neufeld EJ, Kenney K, Grant A, Thompson AA. Transfusion complications in thalassemia patients: a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CME). Transfusion. 2014 Apr; 54(4):972-81; quiz 971.

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Kwiatkowski JL, Kim HY, Thompson AA, Quinn CT, Mueller BU, Odame I, Giardina PJ, Vichinsky EP, Boudreaux JM, Cohen AR, Porter JB, Coates T, Olivieri NF, Neufeld EJ. Chelation use and iron burden in North American and British thalassemia patients: a report from the Thalassemia Longitudinal Cohort. Blood. 2012 Mar 22; 119(12):2746-53.

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Rachmilewitz EA, Giardina PJ. How I treat thalassemia. Blood. 2011 Sep 29; 118(13):3479-88.

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