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Anaemia
NHS Website- Information on Anaemia, iron deficiency, Sickle-cell anaemia, B12 or folate deficiency anaemia
Patient UK - Information on Anaemia, Folic Acid Deficiency Anaemia ; Anaemia (pernicious) and vitamin B12 deficiency ; Iron deficiency Anaemia ; Iron supplements; Sickle cell ; Thalassaemia
NICE- An independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. Information for patients is available on the following:
Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease: understanding NICE guidance: http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG114/PublicInfo/pdf/English
Anaemia (cancer-treatment induced) - erythropoietin (alpha and beta) and darbepoetin: understanding NICE guidance: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=40743
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from NHS Choices (please note: last updated 2008)
Anaemia, iron deficiency - Portuguese | Spanish |
Anaemia, vitamin B12 and folate deficiency- Portuguese| Spanish
Local Information
Aplastic Anaemia Trust: The Aplastic Anaemia Trust is the only charity in the UK dedicated to supporting sufferers of aplastic anaemia and allied disorders. Contact: Bryony Dettmar, Support Group Coordinator, The Aplastic Anaemia Trust, 16 Sidney Road, Borstal, Rochester, Kent ME1 3HF.
UK Thalassaemia Society: A UK Charity provides general information on the disease, publishes a quarterly newsletter, provides links to other useful organisations and an events page.
Contact: U.K. Thalassaemia Society,19 The Broadway, Southgate Circus, London, N14 6PH, Tel: 020 8882 0011.email: Office@ukts.org.
Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow
See also separate page on Blood Disorders
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