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prenatal diagnosis thalassemia This information is designed to pairs of carriers (heterozygotes) of beta - thalassemia, for which there is one chance in four (25%) of a sick child.

With regard to transplantation is carried out conventional therapy in most cases (81%) also on adult patients with good results, is procendendo more and more with the transplantation of stem cells (16%) and finally gene therapy, where he is studying the possibility of genes able to produce hemoglobin in an appropriate manner.

Drug and Iron Chelation Therapy Drugs to treat hemochromatosis: iron accumulation in the blood is one of the most immediate consequences resulting from frequent blood transfusions, which needs a thalassemia. To cope with hemochromatosis, the doctor suggests, generally, a therapy with chelating drugs, which can, therefore, to sequester the iron accumulated in the blood and eliminate it through urination.