Question

____is a group of inherited blood disorders characterized by mild to severe anaemia caused by haemoglobin deficiency in the red blood cells.

• A. Thalassemia
• B. Erythroblastosis fetalis
• C. Both of them
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Thalassemia

Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders characterized by mild to severe anaemia caused by haemoglobin deficiency in the red blood cells. In individuals with thalassemia, the production of the oxygen carrying blood pigment haemoglobin is abnormally low. There are two main types of thalassemia: alpha thalassemia and beta thalassemia. In each variant, a different part of the haemoglobin protein is defective.