TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Sayed Ebraheem Awaad, AU - Mona Mohamed Hamdy Mahmoud AU - Iman Abd El-Mohsen Shaheen AU - Rasha Abdel-Raouf Abdel-Aziz TI - Association of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD2 Val16Ala) genetic polymorphism with Cardiac Problems in Egyptian Pediatric Beta-Thalassemia major patients / U1 - 618.92 PY - 2023/// KW - Pediatrics KW - qrmak KW - Thalassemia KW - SOD2 KW - Cardiac Problems N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.)-Cairo University, 2023.; Bibliography: pages 118-140.; Issued also as CD N2 - β-Thalassemia major continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality with improving outcome due to advances in researches and treatments. This study was designed to detect the association of the antioxidant enzyme Super Oxide Dismutase 2 (SOD2) Val16Ala (rs4880) genetic polymorphism with cardiac problems in Egyptian children with β-Thalassemia major. Results: A total number of 60 pediatric patients with β-Thalassemia major with age ranged from 8-18 years were genotyped for the SOD2 Val16Ala (rs4880) polymorphism. Also, Echocardiography study was done to them to assess cardiac problems related to contractility and chambers size. LVEDD: was high in 10 (38.5%) patients, 8 (26.7%) patients and 2 (50.0%) patients with means 46.12 ± 4.55, 46.97±5.77, 48.50 ±7.51 respectively for AA, AG and GG groups, LVESD: was high in 10 (38.5%) patients, 8 (26.7%) patients and 2 (50.0%) patients with means of 30.69±4.69, 29.40±6.53, 32.0±7.16 respectively for AA, AG and GG groups, IVSD: was high in 10 (38.5%) patients, 10 (33.3%) patients and 3 (75%) patients respectively with means 0.83±0.19, 0.84±0.23, 0.98±0.17 for AA, AG and GG groups, LVPWT: was high in 17 (65.4%) patients, 16 (53.3%) patients and 4 (100%) patients respectively with means 0.83±0.19, 0.80 ± 0.15, 1.09±0.25 for AA, AG and GG groups. Regarding cardiac function: EF was low only in 1 (3.8%) patient in AA group, E/A ratio: was low only in 1 (25%) patient in GG group. Results showed no association between SOD2 Val16Ala (rs4880) genetic polymorphism and cardiac problems with a P-value > 0.05 ; أجريت هذه الدراسة على 120 من الاطفال بقسم امراض الدم بمستشفى أبو الريش للاطفال بجامعة القاهرة اجريت الدراسة لمعرفة العلاقه بين الطفرة الجينية لانزيم الدسموتيز فائق الأكسدة ومشاكل القلب للاطفال المصابون بمرض أنيميا البحر المتوسط الكبرى المصريين ER -