Open AccessReporte de un probable caso de Hemoglobina S / Talasemia Beta.
Author(s) -
John Ramírez Cuentas,
Olga Lizama Olaya,
J Rosa,
Mercy Jhong Olivera,
Eduardo Salazar Lindo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista médica herediana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1729-214X
pISSN - 1018-130X
DOI - 10.20453/rmh.v15i3.788
Subject(s) - medicine , beta thalassemia , hemoglobin s , reticulocyte , thalassemia , hemoglobin , red cell , disease , sickle cell anemia , biology , biochemistry , messenger rna , gene
We report the case of a patient with Hemoglobin S / Thalassemia. It is feasible to recognize this infrequent disease by its clinical presentation and the aid of clinical laboratory . On this patient, the diagnosis was established based on the clinical findings, hematological evaluation (with careful observation of the red cell morphology and reticulocyte count) and electrophoretic analysis of hemoglobin. We discusse the physiopathology, clinical manifestations, treatment and alternative of prevention of this disease.