Beta-thalassemia

Beta-thalassemia (BT) is characterized by deficiency (Beta+) or absence (Beta0) of synthesis of the beta globin chains of hemoglobin (Hb).

Thrombocytosis

Increased numbers of platelets in the peripheral blood.


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PMID (PMCID)
7221649
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Sickle cell thalassemia, thrombocytosis, and erythrocytosis.
Castro O.
South Med J. 1981;74(3):380-1.
A patient with sickle cell beta+-thalassemia had thrombocytosis and erythrocytosis due to a myeloproliferative disorder best classified as polycythemia vera.