A major cause of morbidity and mortality in thalassemic patients is infections, assumed to be the result of immunological changes. In this study immune functions of peripheral blood lymphocytes have been studied in 38 beta-thalassemia major, 12 beta-thalassemia trait, and 17 healthy children. Results show decrease in CD4+/CD8+ ratios in the beta-thalassemia major group and no difference according to absolute T-lymphocyte numbers and activated T-cell numbers. These results do not correlate with the tendency to infection. No significant difference was found in humoral immunity. The study of other factors in thalassemia is needed to detect those who are more susceptible to infections.

Amaç: Hemofili A (HA), faktör 8 (F8) genindeki hemizigot mutasyonların neden olduğu X'e bağlı kalıtsal kanama bozukluğudur. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'den büyük bir HA kohortunda F8 geninin mutasyon spektrumunu belirlemek ve fenotip-genotip korelasyonu oluşturmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Mart 2017-Mart 2018 tarihleri arasında Ege Üniversitesi Pediatrik Genetik Moleküler Laboratuvarı'nda moleküler olarak analiz edilen tüm HA hastaları (270 hasta) çalışmaya dahil edildi. "İntron 22 inversiyonu" (Inv22), "intron 1 inversiyonu" (Inv1), "küçük delesyon/duplikasyonlar" ve "nokta mutasyonları" tanımlamak için F8'in moleküler analizleri, uygun bir algoritma kullanılarak gerçekleştirildi. Bulgular: Mutasyon saptama başarı oranı %95,2'ydi. Yüz altı hastada (%39,3) Inv22 pozitif, 4 hastada (%1,5) Inv1, 137 hastada (%50,6) Yüz altı farklı hastalık yapıcı sekans varyantı saptandı. On hastada (%3,7), büyük intragenik delesyonlar olduğu öngörülen bir veya daha

Objective: To increase our understanding of the etiology of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) some cytokine gene polymorphisms were analyzed for susceptibility to the disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) -308 G/A and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) (Turk J Hematol 2011; 28: 170-5)

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is the most common cause of acquired thrombocytopenia children. The aim of this retrospective study is to describe presenting features and clinical characteristics of ITP and evaluate clinical course, treatment modalities, and complications and determine the effects of preceding infection history, age, gender, treatment modality, and admission platelet count on chronicity. Method: Two hundred and eleven patients who were diagnosed ITP and followed-up in Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara Children Hematology Oncology Education and Research Hospital between January 2008 and September 2012 were included. Age of the patients, gender, date of admission, date of diagnosis, complaint in the application, previous infection and laboratory tests were recorded. Results: Mean age of the patients on diagnosis was 5.4 AE 4.1 years. The female/male ratio was 1.03. The clinical courses were determined as acute or chronic in 72% and 28% of patients respectively. Mean age at diagnosis was significantly higher in chronic ITP (p < 0.01). Chronic course was significantly higher in female patients (p < 0.05). The most frequent complaint was bruises on the skin (68%). The most common physical examination findings were petechiae, purpura and ecchymosis (89%). Patients with a history of past infection (53.6%) and who had serologically positive infection (15.6%) frequently had acute course (p < 0.01). The most common serologically positive infection was Rubella. The mean platelet count was significantly