Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi
September 2024
Objective: To explore the genetic basis for a child with pachygyria.
Methods: A proband who had visited Qinzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital for pachygyria and mental retardation in June 2020 was selected as the study subject. Clinical data was collected.
Thalassemia is one of the most common and damaging monogenic diseases in the world. It is caused by pathogenic variants of α- and/or β-globin genes, which disrupt the balance of these two protein chains and leads to α-thalassemia or β-thalassemia, respectively. Patients with α-thalassemia or β-thalassemia could exhibit a severe phenotype, with no simple and effective treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 2.4 kb (or -α(2.4)) deletion in the α-globin gene cluster (NG_000006.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Qinzhou α-thalassemia (α-thal) or -α(21.9) deletion was first described at the Qinzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Qinzhou, Guangxi, People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2013. The molecular biological mechanism by which this allele leads to α-thal involves the deletion of a 21.
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