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A novel homozygous SLC19A2 mutation in a Portuguese patient with diabetes mellitus and thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia.


ABSTRACT: Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA) is a rare syndrome where patients present with early onset diabetes mellitus, megaloblastic anaemia and sensorineural deafness. This report describes a new case of TRMA syndrome in a female patient of Portuguese descent, born to unrelated parents. The patient was found to have a novel homozygous change R397X in exon 4 of the SLC19A2 gene, leading to a premature stop codon. The patient's diabetes and anaemia showed a good response to daily thiamine doses, reducing the daily insulin dose requirement. The report further indicates that TRMA is not only limited to consanguineous or ethnically isolated families, and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for patients presenting with suggestive clinical symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Tahir S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4397709 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A novel homozygous SLC19A2 mutation in a Portuguese patient with diabetes mellitus and thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia.

Tahir Sophia S   Leijssen Lieve Gj LG   Sherif Maha M   Pereira Carla C   Morais Anabela A   Hussain Khalid K  

International journal of pediatric endocrinology 20150415 1


Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA) is a rare syndrome where patients present with early onset diabetes mellitus, megaloblastic anaemia and sensorineural deafness. This report describes a new case of TRMA syndrome in a female patient of Portuguese descent, born to unrelated parents. The patient was found to have a novel homozygous change R397X in exon 4 of the SLC19A2 gene, leading to a premature stop codon. The patient's diabetes and anaemia showed a good response to daily thiamine  ...[more]

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