- Alpha thalassemia facts* - What is alpha thalassemia? - What
are the symptoms of alpha thalassemia? - What are the types of
alpha thalassemia? - How common is alpha thalassemia? - What
genes are related to alpha thalassemia? - How do people inherit
alpha thalassemia? - Patient Comments: Alpha Thalassemia -
Symptoms - Patient Comments: Alpha Thalassemia - Diagnosis -
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*Alpha thalassemia facts medical author: Melissa Conrad
Stöppler, MD - Alpha thalassemia is a blood disorder that
reduces the production of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood
cells that carries oxygen to cells throughout the body. - There
are two types of alpha thalassemia, hemoglobin Bart hydrops
fetalis syndrome or Hb Bart syndrome (the more severe form) and
HbH disease. - Alpha thalassemia also occurs frequently in
people from Mediterranean countries, North Africa, the Middle
East, India, and Central Asia. - Alpha thalassemia typically
results from deletions involving the HBA1