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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 97 |
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ß-thalassemia and alkaptonuria
Sora Yasri1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Primary Care Unit, KMT Center, Bangkok, Thailand,
2 Hainan Medical University, China,
| Date of Web Publication | 19-May-2014 |
Correspondence Address:
Sora Yasri
Primary Care Unit, KMT Center, Bangkok, Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.132772
How to cite this article:
Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. ß-thalassemia and alkaptonuria. Indian J Hum Genet 2014;20:97 |
Sir,
The report on "β-thalassemia and alkaptonuria" is very interesting. [1] Lodh and Kerketta reported a case of the combination of β-thalassemia and alkaptonuria and mentioned that this was the first case report. In fact, the two condition might be co-exist but has not been clearly mentioned. In the area with high endemic rate of thalassemia, the occurrence of alkaptouria has ever been reported. [2] The diagnosis of the problem can be easily forgotten and overlooked in case that the technique for diagnosis is not available. [3] Based on the report of Lodh and Kerketta the remained question is whether the implementation of universal genetic screening that includes thalassemia and alkaptonuria screening should be considered of not.
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| 1. | Lodh M, Kerketta JA. Early diagnosis of co-existent ß-thalassemia and alkaptonuria. Indian J Hum Genet 2013;19:259-61. 
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| 2. | Punnakanta L, Tuchinda C, Angsusingha K. Intermittent alcaptonuria. J Med Assoc Thai 1975;58:265-8.
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| 3. | Wiwanitkit V. Basic Knowledge about Screening Test in Neonatal Medicine. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University; 2012.
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