[Heterozygous beta thalassemia and gastrointestinal pathology].
A 29 month personal experience with patients clinically followed-up at the divisions of internal medicine and surgery of Comacchio Hospital, located in an area of high incidence of heterozygote Beta thalassemic carrier is presented. A greater predisposition of these heterozygote carriers to manifest duodenal ulcers and gastric neoplasms is noticed.
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Gallerani
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Pulga
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Bottini
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Dall'Ara
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Battaglia
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Tessari
D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*
Beta talassemia eterozigote e patologia gastroenterica.