Prenatal Genetic Counseling in a Chinese Pregnant Woman With Rare Thalassemia: A Case Report.

Frontiers in Genetics
Liangying ZhongLijuan Xu

Abstract

Background: Prenatal genetic counseling can be difficult, especially when it is related to fetuses with a rare thalassemia. An intronic variant located far from obvious regulatory sequences in the HBB gene could be very difficult to evaluate as it may affect the mRNA processing or cause β-thalassemia (β-thal). In the present study, a Chinese pregnant woman with HbJ-Bangkok and a very rare change in the second intron of the HBB gene [IVS-II-806(G>C), NM_000518.4, HBB: c.316-45G>C] in combination with α+-thalassemia was reported, which can assist in prenatal genetic counseling. Case Report: A 26-year-old pregnant woman presented at the obstetric clinic for a routine pregnancy check at 12 weeks of gestation. Red blood counts and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were consistent with clinical manifestations of anemia. Multiplex gap-polymerase chain (gap-PCR) displayed rightward deletion (-α3.7/αα). Direct DNA sequencing of the δ-globin gene showed no mutation. Sanger sequencing of the β-globin gene showed a previously undescribed condition of double heterozygosity for HbJ-Bangkok and a very rare change in the second intron of the HBB gene [IVS-II-806(G>C), NM_000518.4, HBB: c.316-45G>C] that has not been previously repo...Continue Reading

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