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Title : Illustration of Height and Width of The Upper Face from Beta Major Thalassemia Patients Age 9-14 Years Old According to Gender (at Thalassemia Clinic, Pediatric Department, Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung in 2007) - Anindya Grita Hapsari - F1O03086

(Anindya Grita | F1O03086 | Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi | Universitas Padjadjaran)

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ABSTRACT

One of the symptom of beta major thalassemia is the occurance of bone deformity, especially in the skull and facial bones that looks thalassemia facies. The aim of this research was to obtain the illustration of height and width of the upper face from beta major thalassemia patients age 9-14 years old according to gender at Thalassemia Clinic, Pediatric Department, Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung.

This was a descriptive research using the survey technique. The sample consisted of 76 children collected by consecutive sampling.

Research result showed that the average of the upper face height of beta major thalassemia patients age 9-10 was (7,19), 10-11 (7,66), 11-12 (7,53), 12-13 (7,04), 13-14 (7,34) in boys and age 9-10 was (7,28), 10-11 (6,79), 11-12 (7,14), 12-13 (7,28), 13-14 (7,35) in girls. The average of the upper face width of beta major thalassemia patients age 9-10 was (14,25), 10-11 (14,54), 11-12 (14,05), 12-13 (14,21), 13-14 (14,25) in boys, and age of 9-10 was (13,97), 10-11 (13,83), 11-12 (13,67), 12-13 (13,60), 13-14 (13,58) in girls.

The conclusion of the research showed that the illustration of height and width of the upper face from the beta major thalassemia patient was lower than normal value. This was affected by physical growth failure which affect growth of craniofacial especially vertical dan transversal dimensions.



Keywords: Thalassemia facies, height and width, upper face.