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Molecular basis of transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia major patients in Sabah


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Teh, Lai Kuan and George, Elizabeth and Lai, Mei I. and Tan, Mary Anne Jin Ai and Wong, Lily and Ismail, Patimah (2014) Molecular basis of transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia major patients in Sabah. Journal of Human Genetics, 59 (3). pp. 119-123. ISSN 1434-5161; ESSN: 1435-232X

Abstract

Beta-thalassemia is one of the most prevalent inherited diseases and a public health problem in Malaysia. Malaysia is geographically divided into West and East Malaysia. In Sabah, a state in East Malaysia, there are over 1000 estimated cases of β-thalassemia major patients. Accurate population frequency data of the molecular basis of β-thalassemia major are needed for planning its control in the high-risk population of Sabah. Characterization of β-globin gene defects was done in 252 transfusion dependent β-thalassemia patients incorporating few PCR techniques. The study demonstrates that β-thalassemia mutations inherited are ethnically dependent. It is important to note that 86.9% of transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia major patients in Sabah were of the indigenous population and homozygous for a single mutation. The Filipino β0-deletion was a unique mutation found in the indigenous population of Sabah. Mutations common in West Malaysia were found in 11 (4.3%) patients. Four rare mutations (Hb Monroe, CD 8/9, CD 123/124/125 and IVS I-2) were also found. This study is informative on the population genetics of β-thalassemia major in Sabah


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1038/jhg.2013.131
Publisher: The Japan Society of Human Genetics
Keywords: β globin gene mutations; Beta thalassemia; Filipino β0-deletion; Indigenous population; Sabah
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 18 Jan 2016 06:39
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2016 02:15
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34568
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