Article
Screening and Diagnosis of Rare Thalassemia Variants: Is Third-Generation Sequencing Enough?
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2025
Tang Haishen, Xiong Yi, Tang Jiaqi, Wang Xiaohong, Wang Ya, Huang Liping, Wang Runli, Wang Degang
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT.—: Rare thalassemia subtypes are often undiagnosed because conventional testing methods can only identify 23 common types of α- and β-thalassemia. OBJECTIVE.—: To assess a comprehensive approach for the screening and diagnosis of rare thalassemia. DESIGN.—: The study cohort included 72 individuals with suspected rare thalassemia variants. Screening was conducted by next-generation sequencing (NGS)...
Topics
- Humans
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Female
- Male
- Adult
- Adolescent
- Child
- Young Adult
- beta-Thalassemia
- Thalassemia
- beta-Globins
