Beta talasemia la copil - prezentare de caz

Abstract

Thalassemia (from Greek thalassa = sea, haima = blood) is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease and it refers to those geographical regions around the Mediterranean Sea, where the frequency of this disease is higher. Beta thalassemia is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the beta chain of the haemoglobin molecule. Every year, all over the world there are about 300.000 new-borns with betathalassemia. We present a case report regarding a 16 years old patients, who was diagnosed with β- Thalassemia major short after his birth. He was evaluated and treated in our service. We analysed the observation charts since 2001 until 2009. We would like to emphasis the need of new strategies and approaches regarding β-Thalassemia.