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Carrier detection of haemophilia A using DNA markers in families with an isolated affected male
Author(s) -
Grover H.,
Phillips M. A.,
Lillicrap D. P.,
Giles A. R.,
Garvey M. B.,
Teitel J.,
Rivard G.,
Blanchbtte V.,
White B. N.,
Holden J. J. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1987.tb03316.x
Subject(s) - haemophilia a , genetics , dna , biology , genetic marker , gene , mutation , haemophilia , coagulation , haemophilia b , medicine
The carrier status of women in five families with an isolated haemophilia male was assessed by pedigree analysis, coagulation factor assays and DNA markers. In three families, ten women could be given very low risks of being carriers based on DNA analysis. In two of the families the DNA markers identified the mutation as originating in either the maternal or maternal grandfather's germ celt. Combined DNA and coagulation data suggested that the affected male in a third family was a de now mutation. DNA analysis of the affected male in another family identified a large deletion of the F8 gene which was present in his mother and three sisters, suggesting that the grandmother was a carrier. A combination of coagulation factor data and DNA marker assessment can determine the carrier status of the majority of females in families with isolated affected haemophilia A males.