PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | thalassemia |
| Symptom | C0021311|infections |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 22988380 | Objective: to evaluate the rate of seropositivity to hepatitis b and c and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections among children with beta-thalassemia major receiving multiple transfusions in ahmedabad, india, compared with healthy controls. |
| PubMedID- 25002927 | The mortality rate for infections in patients with beta thalassemia varies worldwide and it is related to epidemiology of each infection, the socio-economic level of each country and also the preventive and therapeutic strategies adopted. |
| PubMedID- 23056771 | Considering the fact that humoral immune system and sufficient amount of immunoglobulins are the main components of the immune system to prevent infections in patients with beta thalassemia, it seems that a decrease in immunoglobulin levels of these patients is one of the major factors increasing the risk of infection. |
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