Sickle Cell Anemia in the Tunisian Population: Haplotyping and HB F Expression
作者:
AbbesS.,
FattounS.,
VidaudN.,
GoossensM.,
RosaJ.,
期刊:
Hemoglobin
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 1-2
页码: 1-9
ISSN:0363-0269
年代: 1991
DOI:10.3109/03630269109072480
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Thirty-three Tunisian patients, homozygous for Hb S, were examined. Haplotyping using nine restriction sites in theβ-globin gene cluster revealed that the most common type is the Benin type [- - - - + - + - +] which occurs at a frequency of 0.94% (31 cases); only one patient was homozygous for an atypical haplotype which shows some differences with the Benin haplotype at sites 1, 5, 6, and 8 [+-—- + + + +]; the two remaining patients were assumed to be double heterozygotes for the Benin and atypical haplotypes. The presence of the atypical haplotype suggested a double origin of the Bsgene in Tunisia. Moreover, a heterogeneity in the Hb F production was observed, ranging between 2 to 16%, whereas theGγ-globin expression was remarkably homogeneous in our patients with a normal amount approaching 40%. These results suggested the presence of a combination of several control factors.
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