title: Spectrum of Hemoglobinopathies in West Bengal, India: A CE-HPLC Study on 10407 Subjects.
abstract: Hemoglobinopathies are common genetic disorders of haemoglobin. Identification of these disorders is immensely important epidemiologically and they can be prevented by population screening. The present study was carried out to evaluate the spectrum of hemoglobinopathies in the state of West Bengal by the cation-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography (CE-HPLC). A retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted on consecutive 10,407 participants. Out of 10,407 subjects, 8,898 (85.5 %) were diagnosed as normal, 579 (5.6 %) were as β-thalassemia trait (BTT) and 522 (5.0 %) were detected as HbE carrier on HPLC study. Apart from BTT and HbE carrier ten additional variants were encountered. The present study showed that CE-HPLC is a convenient, high-throughput, labour-saving and objective screening tool for early detection and management of hemoglobinopathies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India ; Thalassemia Control Unit (TCU), Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Debasis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad, India ; 42/9/2, Sashi Bhusan Neogi Garden Lane, Baranagar, Kolkata, 700 036 India.
authors.forename: Kaushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Moumita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Chhanda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Pradip Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mitra
keywords: Haemoglobin A2; High performance liquid chromatography; Screening; West Bengal; β-Thalassemia trait