Abstract:
:Among 13,525 haemoglobin analyses performed in our laboratory we detected 21 cases of haemoglobin D (Hb D) disease. Investigation of a family affected with this abnormal haemoglobin revealed two cases of Hb D/beta-(0) thalassaemia for the first time among Saudi Arabs. The two patients were diagnosed as having chronic haemolytic anaemia of moderate severity on the basis of the haemoglobin level, haematocrit, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, reticulocyte count, red blood cell count microscopy, elevated serum conjugated and non-conjugated bilirubin, increased serum lactic dehydrogenase, and the occasional need for blood transfusions. Genetic analysis enabled the detection of compound heterozygosity for the missense E121Q (codon 121 GAA-->CAA) and stop W15X (codon 15 TGG-->TGA) mutations as causative of the clinical phenotype of Hb D-LosAngeles (Punjab)/beta-(0) thalassaemia. The disease manifested as domination of Hb D and moderate haemolytic anaemia. The co-inheritance of beta-(0) thalassaemia seems to be responsible for conferring the deleterious effect on the presentation of Hb D disease in these patients. The present result emphasizes the significance of molecular testing in resolving certain diagnostic ambiguities in haematology as in cases of heterozygous Hb D in association with beta-(0) thalassaemia which, by haemoglobin electrophoresis, may be misdiagnosed as Hb D homozygosity.
journal_name
Ann Hematoljournal_title
Annals of hematologyauthors
Ahmed M,Stuhrmann M,Bashawri L,Kühnau W,El-Harith EHdoi
10.1007/s002770100376subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-11-01 00:00:00pages
629-33issue
11eissn
0939-5555issn
1432-0584journal_volume
80pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-012-1427-0
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-012-1500-8
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vitamin K2 induces differentiation of leukemic cell lines and apoptosis of immature blasts in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We recently reported a case of MDS-refractory anemia (MDS-RA) with trilineage hematologic response to oral administration of menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog. To determine a possible role of ...
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-013-2003-y
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
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更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00277-019-03799-4
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00277-015-2322-2
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-017-3157-9
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002770100351
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-019-03655-5
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00277-010-0953-x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Single-agent bortezomib, a potent, selective, and reversible inhibitor of the 26S proteasome, has demonstrated clinical efficacy in relapsed and refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Objective response is achieved in up to 45% of the MCL patients; however, complete remission rates are low and duration of response pro...
journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-011-1377-y
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-017-3103-x
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002770050347
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s002770050408
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00277-016-2683-1
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of hematology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00