Hemophilia B Leyden : characteristics and natural history in the International Pediatric Network of Hemophilia Management Registry
Kartal-Kaess, Mutlu ; Pinto, Fernando ; Labarque, Veerle ; de Kovel, Marloes ; Nolan, Beatrice ; Carcao, Manuel ; d'Oiron, Roseline ; Mikkelsen, Torben Stamm ; Ljung, Rolf LU
and Andersson, Nadine G.
LU
(2025)
In Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- Abstract
Background: A unique form of hemophilia B (HB) is HB Leyden. We evaluated the international Pediatric Network on Hemophilia Management Registry (PedNet) database to explore the natural history of HB Leyden, investigate genotype-phenotype associations, and guide clinical decision-making. Objectives: To assess the association between genetic variants, endogenous factor (F)IX levels over time, treatment, and bleeding phenotype in children with HB Leyden. Methods: Data on genetic variants, FIX levels at diagnosis and over time, bleeding, and treatment details were extracted from the international PedNet in children with hemophilia born since 2000. Results: Of 457 individuals with HB, 24 showed an HB Leyden genotype. The most frequent F9... (More)
Background: A unique form of hemophilia B (HB) is HB Leyden. We evaluated the international Pediatric Network on Hemophilia Management Registry (PedNet) database to explore the natural history of HB Leyden, investigate genotype-phenotype associations, and guide clinical decision-making. Objectives: To assess the association between genetic variants, endogenous factor (F)IX levels over time, treatment, and bleeding phenotype in children with HB Leyden. Methods: Data on genetic variants, FIX levels at diagnosis and over time, bleeding, and treatment details were extracted from the international PedNet in children with hemophilia born since 2000. Results: Of 457 individuals with HB, 24 showed an HB Leyden genotype. The most frequent F9 variant was c.-35G>A, affecting 14 individuals, followed by c.-35G>C (n = 4), c.-49T>A (n = 2), and c.-52C>T, c.-34A>G, and c.-22delT (n = 1 each). Major clinical differences in bleeding and treatment modality were observed when comparing c.-35G>A with non-c.-35G>A genotypes. For all children with a c.-35G>A genotype, FIX levels increased before the age of 4 years but did not normalize over time, irrespective of initial severity. In children with non-c.-35G>A genotypes, an increase in FIX was less common (4/9) and occurred later. Conclusion: HB Leyden is caused by the variant c.-35G>A in >50% of cases in whom a FIX increase occurs at very young ages, which is associated with low bleeding rates. This contrasts with the phenotype of individuals with HB Leyden due to a non-c.-35G>A variant. Our study may thus help guide clinical decision-making in this rare HB entity.
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- author
- Kartal-Kaess, Mutlu
; Pinto, Fernando
; Labarque, Veerle
; de Kovel, Marloes
; Nolan, Beatrice
; Carcao, Manuel
; d'Oiron, Roseline
; Mikkelsen, Torben Stamm
; Ljung, Rolf
LU
and Andersson, Nadine G.
LU
- author collaboration
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- in press
- subject
- keywords
- F9, hemophilia B, population-based, promotor
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- Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85215837698
- pmid:39742973
- ISSN
- 1538-7933
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jtha.2024.12.020
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2024 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
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abstract = {{<p>Background: A unique form of hemophilia B (HB) is HB Leyden. We evaluated the international Pediatric Network on Hemophilia Management Registry (PedNet) database to explore the natural history of HB Leyden, investigate genotype-phenotype associations, and guide clinical decision-making. Objectives: To assess the association between genetic variants, endogenous factor (F)IX levels over time, treatment, and bleeding phenotype in children with HB Leyden. Methods: Data on genetic variants, FIX levels at diagnosis and over time, bleeding, and treatment details were extracted from the international PedNet in children with hemophilia born since 2000. Results: Of 457 individuals with HB, 24 showed an HB Leyden genotype. The most frequent F9 variant was c.-35G>A, affecting 14 individuals, followed by c.-35G>C (n = 4), c.-49T>A (n = 2), and c.-52C>T, c.-34A>G, and c.-22delT (n = 1 each). Major clinical differences in bleeding and treatment modality were observed when comparing c.-35G>A with non-c.-35G>A genotypes. For all children with a c.-35G>A genotype, FIX levels increased before the age of 4 years but did not normalize over time, irrespective of initial severity. In children with non-c.-35G>A genotypes, an increase in FIX was less common (4/9) and occurred later. Conclusion: HB Leyden is caused by the variant c.-35G>A in >50% of cases in whom a FIX increase occurs at very young ages, which is associated with low bleeding rates. This contrasts with the phenotype of individuals with HB Leyden due to a non-c.-35G>A variant. Our study may thus help guide clinical decision-making in this rare HB entity.</p>}},
author = {{Kartal-Kaess, Mutlu and Pinto, Fernando and Labarque, Veerle and de Kovel, Marloes and Nolan, Beatrice and Carcao, Manuel and d'Oiron, Roseline and Mikkelsen, Torben Stamm and Ljung, Rolf and Andersson, Nadine G.}},
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series = {{Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis}},
title = {{Hemophilia B Leyden : characteristics and natural history in the International Pediatric Network of Hemophilia Management Registry}},
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