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Novel pathogenic variant c.2714C>A (p. Thr905Lys) in the HK1 gene causing severe haemolytic anaemia with developmental delay in an Indian family.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Oct 2021
Dongerdiye Rashmi, Jagadeesh Sujatha, Suresh Beena, Rajendran Aruna, Devendra Rati, Warang Prashant, Kedar Prabhakar S
Abstract excerpt
Hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1, Adenosine Tri Phosphate (ATP): D-hexose-6-phosphotransferase) is a crucial regulatory enzyme of the glycolytic pathway (Embden-Meyerhof pathway). Hexokinase deficiency is associated with chronic non-spherocytic haemolytic anaemia (HA) with some exceptional cases showing psychomotor/mental retardation and fetus death. The proband is a four-and-half-year-old female child born of a...
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