Objectives: The aim of the study was to incidence thalassemia minor by determining HbA2 levels in pregnant females attending Obstetrics and Gynaecology OPD husbands positive for beta-thalassemia trait. Methods: prospective spanning over 1½ years conducted Department Pathology 1020 who attended Government Medical College, Patiala antenatal check-up. any trimester without specific sign symptoms w...

Structural hemoglobin (Hb) variants typically are based on a point mutation in a globin gene that produce a single amino acid substitution in a globin chain. Although most are of limited clinical significance, a few important subtypes have been identified with some frequency. Homozygous Hb C and Hb S (sickle cell disease) produce significant clinical manifestations, whereas Hb E and Hb D homozy...

To determine whether beta-thalassemia can be detected in the fetus, blood was obtained from abortuses of normal mothers and of mothers with beta-thalassemia trait. The red cells were incubated with radioactive leucine and the globin chains were analyzed by radiochromatography. Two independent methods were utilized to correct the results for contamination by maternal radioactive beta-chain, and ...

Occurrence of Hereditary Nephritis, Pretibial Epidermolysis bullosa and Beta-Thalassemia minor in Two Siblings with End-Stage Renal Disease A. Alexander Kagan S. Steven Feld J. Juan Chemke Y. Yaacov Bar-Khayim Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine B, and Clinical Genetics Unit, Kaplan Hospital (affiliated to the Medical School of the Hebrew University and Hadassah, Jerusalem),...

Beta-thalassemia is one of the most common autosomal recessive disorders in the world population resulting from over 200 different mutations of HBB gene. Beta-thalassemias are caused by point mutations or, more rarely, deletions in the HBB gene leading to reduced (beta+) or absent (beta0) synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin (Hb). High-resolution melting of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

introduction: the current study evaluated the value of red blood cell (rbc) indices and the corresponding cut- off points for β-thalassemia control programs in iran. materials and methods: 1,150 individuals (575 couples) with low rbc indices and normal hemoglobin a2 who had been referred to the genetic centre of isfahan, were tested during pre-marital screening analyses, in the 2 year period, 2...