S ICKLE CELL-THALASSEMIA DISEASE is known to be a severe or moderately severe type of congenital hemolytic anemia. The clinical and hematologic pictures of this hemoglobinopathy are usually similar to those found in the intermediate type of Cooley’s anemia; however, mild or asymptomatic cases have been reported by various investigators. 6 Singer et al.1 have described four Negro patients with m...

PURPOSE Our aim was to identify couples at risk of having a homozygous or compound heterozygous child with a severe hemoglobinopathy by antenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis in Surat, South Gujarat. METHOD Pregnant women were screened for hemoglobinopathies by means of red cell indices, the solubility test, cellulose acetate electrophoresis tests, and confirmation by HPLC. Husbands of th...

S ICKLE CELL-THALASSEMIA DISEASE is known to be a severe or moderately severe type of congenital hemolytic anemia. The clinical and hematologic pictures of this hemoglobinopathy are usually similar to those found in the intermediate type of Cooley’s anemia; however, mild or asymptomatic cases have been reported by various investigators. 6 Singer et al.1 have described four Negro patients with m...

S ICKLE CELL-THALASSEMIA DISEASE is known to be a severe or moderately severe type of congenital hemolytic anemia. The clinical and hematologic pictures of this hemoglobinopathy are usually similar to those found in the intermediate type of Cooley’s anemia; however, mild or asymptomatic cases have been reported by various investigators. 6 Singer et al.1 have described four Negro patients with m...

BACKGROUND Hemoglobin electrophoresis (HBE) is a part of the preoperative routine requested by anesthetists. However, the prevalence of hemoglobinopathy in the population is low. This study aims to determine the clinical risk factors for hemoglobinopathies and propose clinical guidelines for preoperative screening of patients for pediatric day care surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective ...

INTRODUCTION Hemoglobin Q-Iran (α75Asp→His) is an important member of the hemoglobin Q family, molecularly characterized by the replacement of aspartic acid by histidine. The first report of hemoglobin Q-Iran and the nomenclature of this hemoglobinopathy dates back to 1970. Iran is known as a country with a high prevalence of α- and β-thalassemia and different types of hemoglobinopathy. Many of...

S ICKLE CELL-THALASSEMIA DISEASE is known to be a severe or moderately severe type of congenital hemolytic anemia. The clinical and hematologic pictures of this hemoglobinopathy are usually similar to those found in the intermediate type of Cooley’s anemia; however, mild or asymptomatic cases have been reported by various investigators. 6 Singer et al.1 have described four Negro patients with m...

Strategies to increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels can ameliorate symptoms and improve the lives of β-hemoglobinopathy patients. Although most studies have focused on induction of γ-globin gene expression as an approach to induce HbF, we hypothesized that post-transcriptional regulation of HbF plays an underappreciated yet important role in controlling HbF levels. In the present study, we inv...

alpha-Thalassemia is a synthesis hemoglobinopathy with a worldwide distribution. alpha-thalassemia-23.7kb (alpha-Thal23.7kb) was investigated by PCR and standard hematologic analysis techniques in 106 pregnant women - 53 heterozygous for hemoglobin (Hb) A and C (AC) and 53 homozygous for the normal Hb A (AA) with similar ages and race ancestry. Eleven (21%) of AC women were alpha-Thal23.7kb het...

Premarital screening (PMS) can be an important tool to detect of carriers of hemoglobinopathies. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of premarital couples about Thalassemia before PMS in Denizli province. This cross-sectional study was conducted between August-December 2013. The target population was all premarital couples who applied to the City Hemoglobinopathy Cont...