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The following is a selection of articles on thalassemia published by members of Hemoglobal's research team. More articles on thalassemia may be found online through PubMed.
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Interaction of malaria with a common form of severe thalassemia in an Asian population
O'Donnell A, Premawardhena A, Arambepola M, Samaranayake R, Allen SJ, Peto TE, Fisher CA, Cook J, Corran PH, Olivieri NF, Weatherall DJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 3;106(44):18716-21. Epub 2009 Oct 19.PMID: 19841268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] - Iron overload in the Asian
community
Lok CY, Merryweather-Clarke AT, Viprakasit V, Chinthammitr Y, Srichairatanakool S, Limwongse C, Oleesky D, Robins AJ, Hudson J, Wai P, Premawardhena A, de Silva HJ, Dassanayake A, McKeown C, Jackson M, Gama R, Khan N, Newman W, Banait G, Chilton A, Wilson-Morkeh I, Weatherall DJ, Robson KJ. Blood. 2009 Jul 2;114(1):20-5. Epub 2009 Apr 2.PMID: 19342478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Premawardhena A, Arambepola M, Katugaha N, Weatherall DJ.
Br J Haematol. 2008 May;141(3):407-10. Epub 2008 Mar 13.PMID: 18341640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations -
Age-related changes in adaptation to severe anemia in
childhood in developing countries
O'Donnell A, Premawardhena A, Arambepola M, Allen SJ, Peto TE, Fisher CA, Rees DC, Olivieri NF, Weatherall DJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 29;104(22):9440-4. Epub 2007 May 17.PMID: 17517643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free PMC ArticleFree textRelated citations -
Hemoglobin E-{beta}-Thalassemia: Progress Report from the International Study Group
Premawardhena A, DE Silver S, Arambepola M, Olivieri NF, Vichinsky EP, Merson L, Muraca G, Allen A, Fisher C, Peto T, Weatherall DJ.. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2005 Nov ; 1054:33-9.
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Thalassemia in Sri Lanka: a progress report
Premawardhena A, De Silva S, Arambepola M, Olivieri NF, Merson L, Muraco J, Allen A, Fisher C, Peto T, Vichinsky E, Weatherall DJ. Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Oct 1 ; 13 Spec No 2 : R203-6. Review.
PMID: 15358726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Fetal haemoglobin augmentation in E/beta(0) thalassaemia: clinical and haematological outcome
Singer ST, Kuypers FA, Olivieri NF, Weatherall DJ, Mignacca R, Coates TD, Davies S, Sweeters N, Vichinsky EP. Br J Haematol. 2005 Nov ; 131 (3) : 378-88.
PMID: 16225658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Genetic determinants of jaundice and gallstones in haemoglobin E beta thalassaemia
Premawardhena A, Fisher CA, Fathiu F, de Silva S, Perera W, Peto TE, Olivieri NF, Weatherall DJ. Lancet. 2001 Jun 16; 357 (9272) : 1945-6.
PMID: 11425418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Genomics and global health: time for a reappraisal
Weatherall DJ. Science 2003 Oct 24;302(5645):597-9. PMID: 14576421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
The global problem of genetic disease
Weatherall DJ. Ann Hum Biol. 2005 Mar-Apr ; 32 (2) : 117-22.
PMID: 16096206 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Inherited haemoglobin disorders: an increasing global health problem
Weatherall DJ, Clegg JB. Bull World Health Organ. 2001;79(8):704-12. Epub 2001 Oct 24.
PMID: 11545326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Iron overload and iron-chelating therapy in hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia
Olivieri NF, De Silva S, Premawardena A, Sharma S, Viens AM, Taylor CM, Brittenham GM, Weatherall DJ. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2000 Nov-Dec;22(6):593-7.
PMID: 11132236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
The molecular basis for the thalassaemias in Sri Lanka
Fisher CA, Premawardhena A, de Silva S, Perera G, Rajapaksa S, Olivieri NA, Old JM, Weatherall DJ; The Sri Lanka Thalassaemia Study Group
Br J Haematol. 2003 May ; 121(4) : 662-71.
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Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait
Williams TN, Mwangi TW, Wambua S, Peto TE, Weatherall DJ, Gupta S, Recker M, Penman BS, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Mwacharo JK, Snow RW, Marsh K. Nat Genet. 2005 Nov;37(11):1253-7. Epub 2005 Oct 16.
PMID: 16227994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
A novel molecular basis for beta thalassemia intermedia poses new questions about its pathophysiology
Premawardhena A, Fisher CA, Olivieri NF, de Silva S, Sloane-Stanley J, Wood WG, Weatherall DJ. Blood. 2005 Nov 1;106(9):3251-5. Epub 2005 Jun 9.
PMID: 15947092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Thalassaemia control in developing countries--the Sri Lankan perspective
Perera DM, Gunasekara D, Wijekoon A, Petrou M. Ceylon. Med J. 2000 Mar ; 45 (1) : 12-6. Review.
PMID: 11006614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: implications for the future health burden of Asian populations
Sri Lanka Thalassaemia Study Group.
de Silva S, Fisher CA, Premawardhena A, Lamabadusuriya SP, Peto TEA, Perera G, Old JM, Clegg JB, Olivieri NF, Weatherall DJ. Lancet. 2000 Mar 4;355(9206):786-91.
PMID: 10711926 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
