Alpha thalassemia is the most common genetic disease in the world with the prevalence of carriers ranging from 5-50% in several populations. Coinheritance of two defective α-globin genes usually gives rise to a symptomatic condition, hemoglobin (Hb) H disease. Previously, it has been suggested from several studies in different populations that nondeletional Hb H disease (--/α(T)α or --/αα(T)) is generally more severe than the deletional type (--/-α). In this report, we describe four rare nondeletional α-thalassemia mutations in Thai individuals, including initiation codon mutation (HBA2:c.1delA), donor splice site mutation (IVSI-1, HBA1:c.95 + 1G>A), Hb Queens Park (HBA1:c.98T>A) [α32(B13)Met>Lys], and Hb Westmead (HBA2:c.369C>G) [α122(H5)His>Gln]. Interactions of the first three mutations with the α(0)-thalassemia resulted in nondeletional Hb H disease; however, their clinical presentations were rather mild and some were detected accidentally. This suggests that a genotype-phenotype correlation of α-thalassemia syndrome might be more heterogeneous and so the type of mutation does not simply imply the prediction of the resulting phenotype. Our data will be of use in future genetic counseling of such conditions that are increasingly identified thanks to the improvement of molecular analysis in routine laboratories.

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α 地中海贫血是世界上最常见的遗传疾病,在几个人群中,携带者的患病率为5-50%。两个有缺陷的 α-珠蛋白基因的共同遗传通常会引起症状,即血红蛋白 (Hb) H病。以前,从不同人群的几项研究中已经表明,非缺失性Hb H疾病 (-/α(T)α 或-/α α(T)) 通常比缺失型 (-/-α) 更为严重。-α)。在本报告中,我们描述了泰国个体中四个罕见的非缺失 α-地中海贫血突变,包括起始密码子突变 (HBA2:c.1delA),供体剪接位点突变 (IVSI-1,HBA1:c.95 + 1G>A),Hb Queens Park (HBA1:c.98T>A) [α32(B13)Met>Lys] 和Hb Westmead (HBA2:c.369C>G) [α122(H5)His>Gln]。前三个突变与 α(0)-地中海贫血的相互作用导致非缺失性Hb H疾病; 但是,他们的临床表现相当温和,有些是偶然发现的。这表明 α-地中海贫血综合征的基因型-表型相关性可能更具异质性,因此突变类型并不简单地暗示对最终表型的预测。我们的数据将在未来的遗传咨询中使用,这些疾病由于常规实验室分子分析的改进而日益被发现。

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