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ArticleIndian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion2016

Detection of α-Thalassemia by Using Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification as an Additional Method for Rare Mutations in Southern Turkey.

Ozge Ozalp Yuregir, Akif Ayaz, Sinem Yalcintepe, Sezin Canbek, Didar Yanardag Acik, Basak Taburoglu Yilmaz, Tugce B Balci

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Article in Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Global Globin Network and adopting genomic variant database requirements for thalassemia.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2024
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  2. Detection of 13 Novel Variants and Investigation of Mutation Distribution by Next Generation Sequencing in Hemoglobinopathies: A Single Center Experience.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2024
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  4. [Rapid detection of alpha-globin gene αααNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2017
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Ozge Ozalp YuregirGenetic Diagnosis Center, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Kurttepe Street, Cukurova, 01150 Adana, Turkey.
Akif AyazGenetic Diagnosis Center, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Kurttepe Street, Cukurova, 01150 Adana, Turkey.
Sinem YalcintepeGenetic Diagnosis Center, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Kurttepe Street, Cukurova, 01150 Adana, Turkey.
Sezin CanbekGenetic Diagnosis Center, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Kurttepe Street, Cukurova, 01150 Adana, Turkey.
Didar Yanardag AcikDepartment of Hematology, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Basak Taburoglu YilmazDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Tugce B BalciDepartment of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.

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Abstract

α-thalassemia is the most common single gene disorder in the Cukurova Region in Turkey. It is therefore routinely screened, including premaritally, in our region. The heterogeneous molecular basis of the disease makes α-thalassemia mutation detection difficult and complex. Besides well established methods, multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA) is known as an effective, simple and specific method for the detection and characterization of deletions and duplications. We employed MLPA testing to 30 patients with hematological parameters suggestive of α-thalassemia carrier status but was negative for α-thalassemia with conventional reverse dot blot hybridization (RDB). We found α-globin gene deletions in 3 out of 30 (10 %) patients with MLPA. We propose that MLPA can be used as a second tier test in addition to other techniques such as RDB to identify α-thalassemia carriers in high prevalence regions such as ours, thereby allowing clinicians to provide accurate genetic counselling.

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Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplificationReverse dot blot hybridizationSouthern Turkeyα-Thalassemia

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PMCPMC5074955

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