Molecular basis of deletional hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin and δβ-thalassemia in Indian patients

The present study was based in a hospital at which 660 individuals have been screened for thalassemia in the past 4 years. The main purposes of the study were to identify different types of beta mutations prevailing among these patients, and to establish a genotype-phenotypic correlation. Complete blood count, high-performance liquid chromatography, and amplification refractory mutation system-based polymerase chain reaction were performed on peripheral blood samples to detect beta mutations. Of the 660 subjects studied, 380 (57.6 %) were male and 280 (42.4 %) were female. These included 258 (39.09 %) normal individuals, 176 (26.67 %) β-thalassemia carriers, 44 (6.67 %) β-thalassemia major, 6 (0.91 %) cases of sickle β-thalassemia, 6 (0.91 %) carriers of sickle cell anemia, 102 (15.45 %) Hb Eβ-thalassemia, 42 (6.36 %) HbE carriers, 16 (2.42 %) HbE homozygous, and 10 (1.52 %) carriers of other mutations. Genotypic study of beta mutations revealed the prevalence of IVS1-5 mutation among the studied beta carriers to be 46.6 %, and codon 26 (G>A) mutation to be 31.54 %. Other prevailing mutations among the screened individuals include codon 30 (7.53 %), codon 15 (5.01 %), codon 41/42 (3.58 %), and codon 8/9 (1.07 %). Genotype-phenotype correlation revealed that the phenotype of the above-mentioned mutations is associated with mild, moderate, and severe forms of thalassemia.

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Descriptive profile of β-thalassemia mutations in West Bengal population: a hospital-based study

Bhattacharyya

Mukhopadhyay

Basak

2014

Int J Hematol

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Molecular basis of deletional hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin and δβ-thalassemia in Indian patients

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