Detection of β-Thalassemia Mutations Using a Multiplex Amplification Refractory Mutation System Assay

REFERENCES

• Tienthavorn V, Pathanapongsathorn J, Charoensak S, Sae-Tung R, Charoenkwan P, Sanguansermsri T. Prevalence of thalassemia carriers in Thailand. Thai J Hematol Transf Med 2006; 16(2)307–312
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Choopayak C, Mirasena S, Poodendaen C, Jiraviriyakul A, Sangarun K, Shimbhu D. Thalassemia mutations in lower northern part of Thailand. Naresuan Univ J 2005; 13(3)19–29
   Google Scholar
• Wong P, Thanormrat P, Srithipayawan S, Taytiwat P, Jermnim N, Niyomthom S, Nimnuch N, Sanguansermsri T. Prevalence of thalassemia trait from screening program in pregnant women of Phitsanulok. Thai J Hematol Transf Med 2004; 14(3)181–186
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Winichagoon P, Fucharoen S, Thonglairoam V, Tanapotiwirut V, Wasi P. β-Thalassemia in Thailand. Ann NY Acad Sci 1990; 612: 31–42
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fucharoen S, Winichagoon P. Hemoglobinopathies in Southeast Asia. Hemoglobin 1987; 11(1)65–88
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nopparatana C, Saechan V, Pornpatkul M, Panich V, Fukumaki Y. A novel 105 base pair deletion causing β0-thalassemia in members of a Thai family. Am J Hematol 1999; 61(1)1–4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Winichagoon P, Fucharoen S, Wilairat P, Chihara K, Fukumaki Y, Wasi P. Identification of five rare mutations including a novel frameshift mutation causing β0-thalassemia in Thai patients with β0-thalassemia/Hemoglobin E disease. Biochim Biophys Acta 1992; 1139(4)280–286
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fukumaki Y, Fucharoen S, Fucharoen G, Okamoto N, Ichinose M, Jetsrisuparb A, Sriroongrueng W, Nopparatana C, Laosombat V, Panich V, Winichagoon P, Tanphaichitr VS, Suvatte V, Tuchinda S. Molecular heterogeneity of β-thalassemia in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Health 1992; 23(Suppl 2)14–21
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Fucharoen G, Fuchareon S, Jetsrisuparb A, Fukumaki Y. Eight-base deletion in exon 3 of the β-globin gene produced a novel variant (β Khon Kaen) with an inclusion body β-thalassemia trait. Blood 1991; 78(2)537–539
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thein SL, Winichagoon P, Hesketh C, Best S, Fucharoen S, Wasi P, Weatherall DJ. The molecular basis of β-thalassemia in Thailand: application to prenatal diagnosis. Am J Hum Genet 1990; 47(3)369–375
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sanguansermsri T, Pape M, Laig M, Hundrieser J, Flatz G. β0-Thalassemia in a Thai family is caused by a 3.4 kb deletion including the entire β-globin gene. Hemoglobin 1990; 14(2)157–168
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fucharoen G, Fucharoen S, Jetsrisuparb A, Fukumaki Y. Molecular basis of Hb E-β-thalassemia and the origin of Hb E in northeast Thailand: identification of one novel mutation using amplified DNA from buffy coat specimens. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 170(2)698–704
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nopparatana C, Panich V, Saechan V, Sriroongrueng V, Nopparatana C, Rungjeadpha J, Pornpatkul M, Laosombat V, Fukumaki Y. The spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in southern Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Health 1995; 26(Suppl 1)229–234
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Laosombat V, Fucharoen SP, Panich V, Fucharoen G, Wongchanchailert M, Sriroongrueng W, Nopparatana C, Kenpitak K, Maipang M, Fukumaki Y. Molecular basis of β-thalassemia in the south of Thailand. Am J Hematol 1992; 41(3)194–198
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laig M, Sanguansermsri T, Wiangnon S, Hundrieser J, Pape M, Flatz G. The spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in northern and northeastern Thailand. Hum Genet 1989; 84(1)47–50
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sirichotiyakul S, Saetung R, Sanguansermsri T. Analysis of β-thalassemia mutations in northern Thailand using an automated fluorescence DNA sequencing technique. Hemoglobin 2003; 27(2)89–95
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Old J, Traeger-Synodinos J, Galanello R, Petrou M, Angastiniotis M. Molecular diagnosis. Prevention of Thalassaemia and Other Haemoglobin Disorders. Thalassaemia International Federation Publications, Nicosia 2005; 2: 107–110
   Google Scholar
• Old JM, Varawalla NY, Weatherall DJ. Rapid detection and prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassaemia: studies in Indian and Cypriot populations in the UK. Lancet 1990; 336(8719)834–837
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Old JM, Khan SN, Verma I, Fucharoen S, Kleanthous M, Ioannou P, Kotea N, Fisher C, Riazuddin S, Saxena R, Winichagoon P, Kyriacou K, Al-Quobaili F, Khan B. A multi-center study in order to further define the molecular basis of β-thalassemia in Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mauritus, Syria and India, and to develop a simple molecular diagnostic strategy by amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction. Hemoglobin 2001; 25(4)397–407
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Najmabadi H, Teimoourian S, Khatibi T, Neishabury M, Pourfarzad F, Jalil-Nejad S, Azad M, Oberkanins C, Krugluger W. Amplication refractory mutation system(ARMS) and reverse hybridization in the detection of β-thalassemia mutations. Arch Irn Med 2001; 4(4)165–170
   Google Scholar
• Sanguansermsri T, Tanpaiboon P, Wongmaeta S, Chomchuen S, Chamrasratanakorn T. A simple method for the screening of β-thalassemia trait. Thai J Hematol Trans Med 2000; 10(3)17–28
   Google Scholar
• Sanguansermsri T, Sangkapreecha C, Steger HF. Hb E screening test. Thai J Hematol Transf Med 1998; 8(2)215–221
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Walsh PS, Metzger DA, Higuchi R. Chelex 100 as a medium for simple extraction of DNA for PCR-based typing from forensic material. BioTechniques 1991; 10(4)506–513
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baig SM, Azhar A, Hassan H, Baig JM, Aslam M, Ud Din MA, Qureshi JA, Zaman T. Prenatal diagnosis of β-thalassemia in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Prenat Diagn 2006; 26(10)903–905
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhardwaj U, Zhang YH, Lorey F, McCabe LL, McCabe ER. Molecular genetic confirmatory testing from newborn screening samples for the common African-American, Asian Indian, Southeast Asian, and Chinese β-thalassemia mutations. Am J Hematol 2005; 78(4)249–255
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tan JA, George E, Tan KL, Chow T, Tan PC, Hassan J, Chia P, Subramanium R, Chandran R, Yap SF. Molecular defects in the β-globin gene identified in different ethnic groups/populations during prenatal diagnosis for β-thalassemia: a Malaysian experience. Clin Exp Med 2004; 4(3)142–147
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chan YF, Tan KL, Wong YC, Wee YC, Yap SF, Tan JAMA. The use of the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) in the detection of rare β-thalassemia mutations in the Malays and Chinese in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Health 2001; 32(4)872–879
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Thong MK, Tan JA, Tan KL, Yap SF. Characterization of β-globin gene mutations in Malaysian children: a strategy for the control of β-thalassemia in a developing country. J Trop Pediatr 2005; 51(6)328–333
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar