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Vol. 10 (2018): Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports
https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2018.042

PREVALENCE OF ß-THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS AMONG NORTHEASTERN IRANIAN POPULATION AND THEIR IMPACTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES AND APPLICATION OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, A SEVEN-YEARS STUDY

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Received: March 13, 2018
Accepted: June 14, 2018
Published: July 1, 2018
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ß-thalassemia, mutation prevalence, complete blood count, prenatal diagnosis, Khorasan
Medical Genetics, Hematology, pediatrics.

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Mohammad Ehsan Jaripour
Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Kourosh Hayatigolkhatmi
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-9756
Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Vahid Iranmanesh
Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Farhad Khadivi Zand
Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Zahra Badiei
Department of Pediatric Diseases, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Hamid Farhangi
Department of Pediatric Diseases, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Ali Ghasemi
Department of Pediatric Diseases, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Abdollah Banihashem
Department of Pediatric Diseases, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani
Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Ariane Sadr-Nabavi
Sadrnabavia@mums.ac.ir
Medical Genetics Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of.

Background and objective: ß-thalassemia results from a diverse range of mutations inside the hemoglobin subunit ? (HBB) gene. In a study of ?-thalassemia carriers and some of their at-risk fetuses in the Khorasan province of Iran we aimed to recognize the most common mutations in the region and to find a possible link between these mutations and some of the relevant hematological indices.

Methods: Amplification-refractory mutation system-PCR (ARMS-PCR) was used to detect the typical HBB mutations among 1593 individuals, suspected of having a mutated HBB allele from March/2011 to January/2018. Sanger sequencing of HBB had been performed, where ARMS-PCR was uninformative. In some cases, reverse dot blot was utilized. Analysis of variance was used to compare parametric variables.

Results: Among 1273 ß-thalassemia carriers, the prevalence of the mutations were reported as follows: IVS-I-5 (42.03%), IVS-II-1 (11.23%), Codons 8/9 (4.79%), Codon 44 (4.56%), codon 15 (3.53%), Los Angeles (2.91%), Codon 5 (2.75%), IVS-I-110 (2.51%), -88 (2.20%) and other mutations were less than 2% of all of the reported mutations. 644 conceptions were subjected to prenatal diagnosis, using chorionic villus sampling. 118 cases were reported as normal. 352 cases were detected as carriers. 174 cases were diagnosed as affected. There was a significant difference in mean corpuscular volume and hemoglobin A2 levels between the 9 most commonly reported mutation types (p<0.001).

Conclusion: This study makes a reliable guide for ß-thalassemia diagnosis in the region. The possibility of a correlation between HBB mutations and hematological indices opens a gate of future investigations.

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This work was comprehensively funded by the ACECR, Mashhad, Iran
Ariane Sadr-Nabavi, Medical Genetics Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, (ACECR), Mashhad, Iran.
Assistant professor in medical genetics and head of the ACECR medical genetics center of Mashhad.
Medical Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Azadi Square, Mashhad, Iran.

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“PREVALENCE OF ß-THALASSEMIA MUTATIONS AMONG NORTHEASTERN IRANIAN POPULATION AND THEIR IMPACTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES AND APPLICATION OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, A SEVEN-YEARS STUDY” (2018) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 10(1), p. e2018042. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2018.042.