Syed Muhammad Ali, Syed Mahmood Haider.
β thalassemia; a case report of oral and maxillofacial manifestation from population of Karachi Pakistan.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(2):352-6.

Thalassemia is a single gene inherited blood diseases. Its causes abnormalities in in various human organ including oral and maxillofacial regions. A case report of 25 years old, β thalassemia patient from Karachi Pakistan. It is evident from this case report that if blood transfusion start regularly from early age and iron overload is controlled by proper drugs, then intensity of manifestation in oral and maxillofacial regions becomes less and thus increasing life span probability.

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