{"title":"Haemoglobinopathies","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198779186.003.0022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There are two categories of inherited haemoglobin disorders due to globin chain gene abnormalities. Sickle cell disorders are due to structurally abnormal haemoglobin molecules whilst the thalassaemia syndromes are caused by impaired haemoglobin A or B chain synthesis. This chapter describes their clinical features, presentations, complications, assessment, laboratory diagnosis and management.","PeriodicalId":347115,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric Haemotology and Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Paediatric Haemotology and Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198779186.003.0022","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
There are two categories of inherited haemoglobin disorders due to globin chain gene abnormalities. Sickle cell disorders are due to structurally abnormal haemoglobin molecules whilst the thalassaemia syndromes are caused by impaired haemoglobin A or B chain synthesis. This chapter describes their clinical features, presentations, complications, assessment, laboratory diagnosis and management.