A local equation for differential diagnosis of β-thalassemia trait and iron deficiency anemia by logistic regression analysis in Southeast Iran.

abstract：:This paper reports a new hemoglobin variant which was identified while investigating the cause of a mild erythrocytosis. The abnormal beta-globin chain was detected by reversed phase chromatography. Mutation mapping of the beta-globin gene by polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis follow...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Frischknecht H,Ventruto M,Hess D,Hunziker P,Rosatelli MC,Cao A,Breitenstein U,Fehr J,Tuchschmid P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first case in Spain of a severe form of beta-thalassemia (thal) due to a compound heterozygosity for the IVS-II-848 (C --> A) and the nonsense codon 39 (C --> T) mutations. Five members of a family from Cadiz (southern Spain) were studied. The proband was an 8-year-old girl diagnosed as anemi...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Ropero P,Villegas A,Muñoz J,Briceño O,Mora A,Salvador M,Polo M,González FA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction endonuclease map of the alpha and beta globin genomic region of the new human erythroleukemia line, HEL, was compared with that of normal human DNA. The HEL line, which produces mainly fetal (G gamma and A gamma) but no adult (delta and beta) globin chains, was shown to have the same pattern of DNA fra...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Mueller RF,Murray JC,Gelinas R,Farquhar M,Papayannopoulou T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a newborn with a compound heterozygosity for Hb O-Arab (HBB: 364G>A) and Hb D-Los Angeles (HBB: 364G>C). To the best of our knowledge, the combination of these two hemoglobin (Hb) variants has not been identified and reported before. The variants of the proband and parents were identified by high-performance...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： van Gammeren AJ,Pelkmans L,Endschot CCWV,Roelofsen-de Beer RJAC,Harteveld CL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin Brisbane is a new hemoglobin variant which produces a mile erythrocytosis. It is not detectable by electrophoresis at pH 8.6 or by isoelectric focusing but it is mildly unstable and gives a positive result with standard stability tests. The new hemoglobin has increased oxygen affinity and reduced co-operati...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Brennan SO,Wells RM,Smith H,Carrell RW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies are very common among Southeast Asian populations, particularly in Thailand, where it is estimated that nearly 30% of the population carries at least one such disorder. Moreover, the heterogeneity of different mutant alpha- and beta-globin alleles contributes to the complexity in di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Chinchang W,Viprakasit V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low bone mass, a major cause of morbidity in patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM), is multifactorial. There is lack of data about the current prevalence of low bone mass in patients with β-TM. The aims of this study are to examine the current prevalence of low bone mass in β-TM patients and the association between...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tzoulis P,Ang AL,Shah FT,Berovic M,Prescott E,Jones R,Barnard M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of spinal cord compression (SCC) related to extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) patients, both clinically and radiologically and its correlation with laboratory parameters of anemia and hemosiderosis was assessed. Sixty beta-thal patients were included and divided into group ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tantawy AA,Adly AA,Mahdy SA,Kamel GZ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ggamma:Agamma ratio is around 70:30 at the time of birth and usually 40:60 in the trace amounts of Hb F found in the adult. Changes in this ratio are observed in several hemoglobin disorders providing insights on the genetics and molecular pathophysiology of these diseases. Several techniques have been proposed to...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Papassotiriou I,Ducrocq R,Préhu C,Bardakdjian-Michau J,Wajcman H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual genetic constitution is an important cause of variations in the response and tolerance to drug treatment. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes located within as well as outside the human beta-globin cluster have recently been shown to be significantly associated with Hb F increase in relation to ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Patrinos GP,Grosveld FG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Rancho Mirage was detected in a 17-year-old male in association with a mild anemia. Hemoglobin electrophoresis revealed the variant had a mobility between Hbs A and J on cellulose acetate (pH 8.6) and a mobility like Hb F on citrate agar (pH 6.4). A substitution of His----Asp was found at position 143 in the beta c...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Moo-Penn WF,Hine TK,Johnson MH,Jue DL,Holland S,George S,Pierce AM,Michalski LA,McDonald MJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common alpha-thalassemia (thal) rearrangements were studied in a normal random population and in six ethnic groups of Pakistan. Analyses of 204 individuals from the normal population revealed the presence of only the -alpha(3.7) allele with an overall frequency of 8.3%. Ethnic differences were statistically significan...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Khan SN,Hasan F,Sollaino C,Perseu L,Riazuddin S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of compound heterozygotes for Hb S (HBB: c.20A>T) and a rare β0-thalassemia (β0-thal) mutation, Hb Westdale (HBB: c.380_396delTGCAGGCTGCCTATCAG), characterized by a 17 bp deletion between codons 126 to 131 in exon 3 of the β-globin gene of human hemoglobin (Hb) confirmed by direct β-globin gene se...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Dehury S,Meher S,Patel S,Das K,Jana A,Bhattacharya S,Sahoo S,Sarkar B,Mohanty PK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe hemolytic anemia with microcytosis and hypochromia was present in a young adopted Indian patient. Reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic methodology and heat stability tests detected an unstable alpha chain which was present in 3 to 5% of the total hemoglobin. A larger quantity of the alpha X ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Harkness M,Harkness DR,Kutlar F,Kutlar A,Wilson JB,Webber BB,Codrington JF,Huisman TH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the discovery of a second alpha chain, differing from the common alpha chain by the replacement 113 (or 114) Leucine leads to Histidine, in the hemoglobin of several domestic sheep. The ratio of the common alpha chain, here called alpha Leu, to the variant one, here called II alpha His, was either...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Vestri R,Salmaso S,Condò SG,Antonini E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is an inherited hemoglobinopathy with multi system complications. It has been associated with multiple maternal complications. A retrospective review of 68 consecutive pregnant women with sickle cell disease, followed in a tertiary center, was conducted over 5 years, to estimate the incidence of di...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Al-Farsi SH,Al-Riyami NM,Al-Khabori MK,Al-Hunaini MN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable hemoglobin (Hb) variants represent a rare etiology of congenital hemolytic anemia. Correct diagnosis can be a challenge due to the relative rarity or lack of awareness of this disorder. We report an 18-month-old girl, who presented with a long-standing hemolytic anemia. Her diagnosis of unstable Hb Perth [β32...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Jiang H,Yan JM,Li J,Xie XM,Li DZ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High oxygen affinity hemoglobins (Hbs), characterized by a decreased ability to release oxygen to the tissues and a left-shifted oxygen dissociation curve, are a rare cause of secondary erythrocytosis. Here, we report a base substitution in the β-globin gene at codon 89 (AGT>AGG) in a kindred with familial erythrocyto...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Shomali W,Brar R,Arekapudi SR,Gotlib JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerns the determination of beta-thalassemia alleles and other hemoglobin variants in 82 patients from Syria. We have characterized 146 chromosomes and found 17 different beta-thalassemia mutations, and one beta-globin chain variant that gives rise to the abnormal Hb S. The eight most common beta-thalasse...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kyriacou K,Al Quobaili F,Pavlou E,Christopoulos G,Ioannou P,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is characterized by intermittent painful crises often requiring treatment in the emergency department (ED). Past examinations of time-to-provider (TTP) in the ED for patients with sickle cell disease demonstrated that these patients may have longer TTP than other patients. Here, we examine TTP for ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pulte D,Lovett PB,Axelrod D,Crawford A,McAna J,Powell R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of combined deferoxamine (DFO) and deferiprone (L1) chelation therapy, focusing on reducing myocardial iron loading, have been widely reported. Herein, we present the efficacy of combined chelation and its effects on iron load indices. Five thalassemia major (TM) patients who were undergoing chelation mon...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Tsironi M,Assimakopoulos G,Polonofi K,Rigaki K,Aessopos A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iran, as a country located in the Thalassemia Belt, has made great progress in thalassemia prevention and treatment. The thalassemia prevention program was implemented in 1995 and the country-wide thalassemia treatment network, consisting of 64 medical universities and faculties, is active. The acknowledgment of the s...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Hadipour Dehshal M,Tabrizi Namini M,Hantoushzadeh R,Yousefi Darestani S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work compiles the results of our research on alpha- and beta-thalassemias, and includes a literature review of the molecular genetics of alpha- and beta-thalassemias in Spain. We studied 1,564 subjects with thalassemia (294 with beta-thalassemia and 1,264 with alpha-thalassemia) by molecular biology techniques. I...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Villegas A,Ropero P,González FA,Anguita E,Espinós D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is presented of the various beta-thalassemia alleles observed in nearly 191 patients with beta-thalassemia major and their 182 heterozygous relatives. Determination was by gene amplification and dot-blot hybridization with synthetic probes, specific for 27 different mutations. Eighteen mutations have been obs...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Oner R,Altay C,Gurgey A,Aksoy M,Kilinç Y,Stoming TA,Reese AL,Kutlar A,Kutlar F,Huisman TH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and quantitated the different types of mRNA in single BFU-E derived colonies from Hb S and Hb Atlanta [beta 75 (E19)Leu-->Pro] heterozygotes and observed that the normal and mutated mRNAs were present in equal quantities. Similar studies for the different protein products gave less accurate data bec...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Smetanina NS,Gu LH,Rodriguez Romero WE,Howard EF,Huisman TH

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite estimated high prevalence of inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders among tribal populations in Madhya Pradesh State, India, the burden of disease is unknown, leading to high morbidity and associated mortality. Our aim was to screen tribal populations in designated tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh State for var...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Chourasia S,Kumar R,Singh MPSS,Vishwakarma C,Gupta AK,Shanmugam R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory investigation of hemoglobinopathies includes complete blood count (CBC), hemoglobin (Hb) typing by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and DNA analysis. DNA analysis is the most reliable method but requires a manually laborious procedure and is time consuming. A more practical method of detecting ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Wisedpanichkij R,Jindadamrongwech S,Butthep P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help clarify the hematological picture of patients who may be positive for beta- and delta-globin gene mutations, the following study was carried out. Our aim was to identify the delta-globin gene mutations found in the Greek Cypriot population, their frequencies and the Hb A2 values associated with them. Seventy-f...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Pavlou E,Phylactides M,Kyrri A,Kalogerou E,Makariou C,Georgiou I,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Thalassemia (α-thal) is widely reported in the Arabian Peninsula as one of the main causes of asymptomatic microcytic hypochromic red blood cells with or without anemia in the pediatric population. This is the first study that provides information about the molecular basis of α-thal in the Qatari population. Qatari ...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Kamal M,Abu-Sirriya S,Abu-Dayya A,Al-Khatib H,Abu-Ramadan H,Petrou M,Amer A,Badii R,Kleanthous M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Brest [beta 127 (H5)Gln----Lys] is a new unstable variant located at the alpha 1 beta 1 interface at the same position as Hb Complutense [beta 127(H5)Gln----Glu]. In each of these, the substitution produces a distinct alteration in charge, yet both variants move with Hb A in conventional electrophoresis. This pecul...

journal_title：Hemoglobin

authors： Baudin-Chich V,Wajcman H,Gombaud-Saintonge G,Arous N,Riou J,Brière J,Galacteros F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00