• CLEVELAND, OHIO
  • 1-866-UH4-CARE
  • |
  • Search UH Online
For Parents Health Encyclopedia
Print this pageEmail this pageBookmark Page

In This Section

Emotions & Behavior

Staying Healthy

Health Encyclopedia

Thalassemia minor

   
Thalassemia minor is an inherited form of hemolytic anemia that is less severe than thalassemia major. This blood smear from an individual with thalassemia shows small (microcytic), pale (hypochromic), variously-shaped (poikilocytosis) red blood cells. These small red blood cells (RBCs) are able to carry less oxygen than normal RBCs.Thalassemia minor
 
Review Date: 5/3/2006
Reviewd By: Michael C. Milone, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Rate this article:
1 Excellent - 4 Poor
Send a Comment:
Type the characters you see in the picture
CAPTCHA code image
Speak the codeChange the code