Introduction: The Hemoglobinopathies are one of the major public health problems in tribal predominant population. Objective: To estimate the seroprevalence of Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia in suspected cases of genetic disorders by using HPLC retention time chromatogram method in tribal predominant population, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Methods: All Blood sample of suspected cases of genetic diso...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe early-onset iron overload, caused by mutations in hemojuvelin (HJV), hepcidin (HAMP), or a combination of genes regulating iron metabolism. Here we describe two JH cases associated with simple heterozygosity for novel HJV mutations and unknown genetic factors. Case 1: A 12 year-old mal...

BACKGROUND Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem throughout the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, as well as in Southeast Asia. OBJECTIVES Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem. In this study we assessed psychological aspects in Iranian children and adolescents with thalassem...

background: studies have demonstrated that sickle cell trait can be found in an asymptomatic healthy carrier with normal complete blood count (cbc) and red blood cell (rbc) indices. according to iranian ministry of health bulletin instructions, prenuptial thalassemia screening program (tsp) primarily depends on rbc indices which are measured through a routine cbc. only when these levels are bel...

Patients with beta-thalassemia trait have been reported to present lower plasma concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and lower frequencies of acute myocardial infarction than normal subjects. In this study, the metabolism of LDL was tested in 12 patients with heterozygous beta-thalassemia trait (HBT) and 13 healthy subjects without the disease by determining the plasma kinetics of an...

A cross-sectional method was used to study a group of 400 high school students in Kocaeli, Turkey, aged 14 to 16 years, identified among 17,812 high school students. Students from 10 high schools were selected using a random sampling method. Whole blood counts were performed as a screening test for anemia. Serum ferritin levels and, when necessary, hemoglobin electrophoresis were determined for...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Beta-thalassemia continues to be a cause of significant burden to the society, particularly in the poorer developing countries. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the validity of "NESTROFT" (Naked Eye Single Tube Red Cell Osmotic Fragility Test) as a useful screening tool in the diagnosis of beta thalassemia trait. MATERIAL AND METHODS The present stu...

Despite the vast heterogeneity of mutations, the levels of increased hemoglobin (Hb) A2 seen in individuals of different racial groups heterozygous for the different P-thalassemia mutations are remarkably uniform and rarely more than 6%. However, unusually high levels of Hb A2 have been observed in some P-thalassemia heterozygotes; in one group, it is associated with a partial or complete delet...

Objectives: Hemoglobinopathies are serious genetic blood disorders requiring lifelong transfusions and treatment in its most severe chronic form. If undiagnosed or untreated, these ultimately lead to death. South Asia especially India, Pakistan, Bangladesh has high populations of hemoglobinopathies. In there an estimated 100,000 thalassemia majors patients nearly 3.5 4 million carriers this dis...