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1Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University.
Gene analysis in Japanese patients with congenital hemolytic anemia due to red cell membrane disorders, thalassemias, unstable hemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies were summarized. In hereditary spherocytosis, twenty-four mutations of band 3, five mutations of protein 4.2 and twenty mutations of ankyrin have been identified. In beta thalassemia, fourty-seven mutations of beta globin have been found, and ten mutations among them comprise 80% of beta thalassemia patients in Japan. Most common alpha0 and alpha+ thalassemia are--SEA and--alpha3.7, respectively. Fourty glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutations and twenty-three pyruvate kinase mutations have been identified, allowing a better understanding of the structure-function relationships of these enzymes.
Gene analysis in Japanese patients with congenital hemolytic anemia due to red cell membrane disorders, thalassemias, unstable hemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies were summarized. In hereditary spherocytosis, twenty-four mutations of band 3, five mutations of protein 4.2 and twenty mutations of ankyrin have been identified. In beta thalassemia, fourty-seven mutations of beta globin have been found, and ten mutations among them comprise 80% of beta thalassemia patients in Japan. Most common alpha0 and alpha+ thalassemia are--SEA and--alpha3.7, respectively. Fourty glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutations and twenty-three pyruvate kinase mutations have been identified, allowing a better understanding of the structure-function relationships of these enzymes.
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