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dc.contributor.author | Allen, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fisher, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Premawardhena, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bandara, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Perera, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | St Pierre, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Olivieri, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Weatherall, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-18T04:27:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-18T04:27:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Blood.2012 ;120(15):2939-44 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0006-4971 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1528-0020 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0006-4971 (Linking) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/20486 | |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT: During investigations of the phenotypic diversity of hemoglobin (Hb) E β thalassemia, a patient was encountered with persistently high levels of methemoglobin associated with a left-shift in the oxygen dissociation curve, profound ascorbate deficiency, and clinical features of scurvy; these abnormalities were corrected by treatment with vitamin C. Studies of erythropoietin production before and after treatment suggested that, as in an ascorbate-deficient murine model, the human hypoxia induction factor pathway is not totally dependent on ascorbate levels. A follow-up study of 45 patients with HbE β thalassemia showed that methemoglobin levels were significantly increased and that there was also a significant reduction in plasma ascorbate levels. Haptoglobin levels were significantly reduced, and the high frequency of the 2.2 haptoglobin genotype may place an additional pressure on ascorbate as a free-radical scavenger in this population. There was, in addition, a highly significant correlation between methemoglobin levels, splenectomy, and factors that modify the degree of globin-chain imbalance. Because methemoglobin levels are modified by several mechanisms and may play a role in both adaptation to anemia and vascular damage, there is a strong case for its further study in other forms of thalassemia and sickle-cell anemia, particularly when splenic function is defective. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Society of Hematology. | en_US |
dc.subject | Beta thalassemia | en_US |
dc.title | Methemoglobinemia and ascorbate deficiency in hemoglobin E β thalassemia: metabolic and clinical implications. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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