A rare case of alpha-thalassaemia intermedia in a Malay patient double heterozygous for α+ –thalassaemia and a mutation in α1 globin gene CD59 (GGC → GAC)

• Main Authors: George, Elizabeth, Tan, Mary Anne Jin Ai, A. S., Nor Azian, Ahmad, Rahimah, Zakaria, Zubaidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12806/1/A%20rare%20case%20of%20alpha-thalassaemia%20intermedia%20in%20a%20Malay%20patient%20double%20heterozygous%20for%20%CE%B1%2B%20%E2%80%93thalassaemia%20and%20a%20mutation%20in%20%CE%B11%20globin%20gene%20CD59%20%28GGC%20%E2%86%92%20GAC%29.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12806/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2009/v64n4/index.html

A rare case of thalassaemia-intermedia involving a non-deletion alpha thalassemia point mutation in the α1-globin gene CD59 (GGC → GAC) and a deletion α+ (-α3.7) thalassaemia in which use of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) C-gram Hb subtype profile and DNA molecular analysis helped est...