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nounthalassemiac (plural thalassemiacs)
plural thalassemiacs
- medicineA person who has thalassemia.
To further assess whether a specific genotype or group of TTV is associated with elevated ALT levels in thalassemiacs, we compared the genotypes infecting patients with abnormal ALT levels (>100 IU/L) and patients with normal ALT levels (<50 IU/L).
2008 February, Yu-Wen Hu, Moslih I. Al-Moslih, Mahmoud Talib Al Ali, Samra Uzicanin, Heather Perkins, Qi-Long Yi, Shabnam Rahimi Khameneh, Jun Wu, Earl G. Brown, “Clinical Outcome of Frequent Exposure to Torque Teno Virus (TTV) Through Blood Transfusion in Thalassemia Patients With or Without Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection”, in Journal of Medical Virology, volume 80, number 2, →DOI, page 369Synonyms: thalassemic
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nounA person who has thalassemia.
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