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Cureus
December 2024
Acute Medicine, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend on Sea, GBR.
Cardiovascular disease (CVDs) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Corporate workplaces have been identified as important environmental factors that can increase the risk and severity of CVDs. Evidence indicates that the risk and severity of CVDs can be effectively reduced by mitigating modifiable behavioural and intermediate risk factors.
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December 2024
Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Medical Genetics Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 628 Zhenyuan Rd., Guangming Dist., Shenzhen, China.
Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder and a common form of Hemoglobinopathy. It is classified into α-thalassemia and β-thalassemia. This disease is mainly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, including southern China.
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November 2024
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Yulin Women and Children Health Care Hospital, Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
In southern China, α-thalassemia is the most prevalent hereditary monogenic disorder, and deletion variants are the predominant form. Conventional thalassemia diagnosis techniques are numerous, however they are all limited in their ability to detect rare deletions. Here, we discuss a family who sought genetic counseling during their fourth pregnancy after experiencing Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis in two of their previous pregnancies.
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November 2024
Department of Medical Genetics and Prenatal Diagnosis, Huizhou First Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Huizhou, Guangdong, China.
Objective: Presentation of a novel case of a patient with Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis, which was accurately identified by SMRT sequencing leading to expand the mutation spectrum of α-thalassemia.
Case Report: A 26-year-old pregnant woman and her husband underwent molecular analysis of thalassemia due to abnormal hematological results. The molecular analysis showed that the pregnant woman carried -α/--, while her husband exhibited a negative result.
Diagnosis (Berl)
September 2024
Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Objectives: To describe rare genetic interactions of α-thalassemia alleles causing Hb H disease and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis which could lead to diagnostic errors in a routine practice.
Methods: Hematological and molecular characterization were carried out in a Thai family with a risk of having fetus with Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
Results: Both parents were found to be the thalassemia intermedia patients associated with unusual forms of Hb H disease.
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