Introduction
BETA THALASSEMIA
ALIASES
Mediterranean Anemia, Cooley's Anemia
DERIVATION
the Greek word for sea, thalassa, as they believed it was "an illness from the sea."
ORIGINS
First recorded in Mediterranean region 7,000 years ago.
FIRST RESEARCHER
Thomas Cooley first researched and wrote about Thalassemia in 1925 at UMichigan.
PREVALENCE
4,600,000 children and adolescents worldwide.
Mediterranean Anemia, Cooley's Anemia
DERIVATION
the Greek word for sea, thalassa, as they believed it was "an illness from the sea."
ORIGINS
First recorded in Mediterranean region 7,000 years ago.
FIRST RESEARCHER
Thomas Cooley first researched and wrote about Thalassemia in 1925 at UMichigan.
PREVALENCE
4,600,000 children and adolescents worldwide.