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Factor VIII Gene Haplotypes and Linkage Disequilibrium for the Indirect Genetic Analysis of Hemophilia A in India

Punjabi University

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	Abstract

Genomic consequences of factor VIII gene haplotypes for the indirect genetic analysis of haemophilia A has not been done in India hitherto. Consequently, BclI/intron18, HindIII/intron 19, and XbaI/intron 22 restriction sites were investigated in 159 individuals from 42 families with hemophilia A. The frequencies of haplotype II, IV, VI, that is, BclI (+)-HindIII (-)-XbaI (+), BclI (+)-HindIII (+)-XbaI (-), and BclI (-)-HindIII (-)-XbaI (+) were 0.312, 0.198, and 0.164 respectively. The high heterogeneity of haplotype II highlighted its potential for indirect genetic diagnosis of factor VIII. Analysis revealed strong but incomplete linkage disequilibrium (D'=0.76, 0.68, and 0.51) between BclI/HindIII, HindIII/XbaI, and BclI/XbaI, respectively. The overall cumulative polymorphism information content (PIC) of these three markers increased from 0.36 to 0.80. Escalation of PIC up to 80% in the present study suggests that haplotyping of factor VIII gene determines better prognosis in the direction of indirect genetic analysis of hemophilia A.

First published on December 26, 2007, doi:10.1177/1076029607308872

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2009;15:334.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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