RT Book, Section A1 Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 Kipps, Thomas J. A1 Prchal, Josef T. A1 Levi, Marcel M. SR Print(0) ID 1126651462 T1 The Thalassemias T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071622424 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126651462 RD 2024/04/25 AB A group of disorders, each resulting from an inherited defect in the rate of synthesis of one or more globin chains.Resultant imbalance of globin chain production may cause ineffective erythropoiesis, defective hemoglobin production, red cell hemoglobin precipitates, hemolysis, and anemia of variable degree.