Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22908199›Full record

ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2012

The hemoglobin E thalassemias.

Suthat Fucharoen, David J Weatherall

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

106 citing papers in PubMed, 238 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Suthat FucharoenThalassemia Research Centre, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. grsfc@mahidol.ac.th
David J Weatherall
Mahidol University · THUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/13Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemoglobin E (HbE) is an extremely common structural hemoglobin variant that occurs at high frequencies throughout many Asian countries. It is a β-hemoglobin variant, which is produced at a slightly reduced rate and hence has the phenotype of a mild form of β thalassemia. Its interactions with different forms of α thalassemia result in a wide variety of clinical disorders, whereas its coinheritance with β thalassemia, a condition called hemoglobin E β thalassemia, is by far the most common severe form of β thalassemia in Asia and, globally, comprises approximately 50% of the clinically severe β-thalassemia disorders.

Indexed as

alpha-Thalassemiabeta-Thalassemia5'-NucleotidaseAdaptation, PhysiologicalAlternative SplicingGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHemoglobin EHeterozygoteHomozygoteHumansMutationPhenotypeRNA, Messenger5'-NucleotidaseHemoglobin ERNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID22908199
PMCPMC3405827
OpenAlexW2136920661

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