Thalassemia: essential radiographic and clinical features of interest to dentistry

• Main Authors: Luiz Roberto Coutinho Manhães Junior (Author), Cláudio Costa (Author), Marcelo Eduardo Pereira Dutra (Author), Felipe Paes Varoli (Author), Jefferson Xavier Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thalassemia is a type of hereditary anemia that predominantly affects individuals born in or descendents of countries bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, such as Italy and Greece. Also known as Cooley's anemia and Mediterranean anemia, the disease causes alterations in hemoglobin formation and mal...