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 school children between the ages of 5 and 15, exhibiting laboratory findings suggestive of microcytic anemia were pooled, and those with a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of <80.0 fL and a hemoglobin (Hb) electropherogram that ruled out β-thalassemia (β-thal), were narrowed down to a group of 127. This group was screened for the -α(3.7) (rightward) deletion, and the α(-5 nt), α(polyA1) (α(T-Saudi)), α(polyA2) mutations. A second group of randomly selected Qatari individuals was also screened in order to determine the population's allele frequency for the -α(3.7) deletion. Thirty-nine point four percent of the individuals with microcytic hypochromic anemia were positive for the -α(3.7) deletion (heterozygotes 30.0%, homozygotes 9.4%), 2.6% were positive for the α(polyA1) deletion and 0.8% positive for the α(-5 nt) mutation. None of the children exhibited changes in α(polyA2). Analysis of the random samples determined that 26.4% were heterozygous and 4.5% homozygous for the -α(3.7) deletion with a 17.7% allele frequency. Our results suggest that a significant number of the Qatari pediatric population with microcytic hypochromic anemia are carriers of α-thal mutations. However, 45.6% of the children failed to exhibit any of the above four mutations tested. This suggests the possibility of other mutations in the Qatari pediatric population that are yet to be elicited.
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Hemoglobinjournal_title
Hemoglobinauthors
Kamal M,Abu-Sirriya S,Abu-Dayya A,Al-Khatib H,Abu-Ramadan H,Petrou M,Amer A,Badii R,Kleanthous Mdoi
10.3109/03630269.2015.1060606subject
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2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
350-4issue
5eissn
0363-0269issn
1532-432Xjournal_volume
39pub_type
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