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Thalassemia Definition
Common names:
  • Alpha Thalassemia
  • Beta Thalassemia
  • Cooley's Anemia
  • Thalassemia
A person with thalassemia has an inherited disease that causes the body to produce abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen inside red blood cells. Images

Thalassemia results in anemia. Thalassemia occurs most commonly in blacks, or in individuals of Mediterranean or Southeast Asian ancestry.

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Last Updated: Oct 9, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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