Brief Note: Hemoglobin J in a Healthy Hawaiian-Chinese-Caucasian Male

Hemoglobin J in a healthy Hawaiian-Chinese-Caucasian male.

Hemoglobin J in an American Caucasian family of Swedish ancestry.

H EMOGLOBIN J was first reported in an American Negro family by Thorup et al.’ in 1956. Subsequently, it has been found in Indonesians,2’ East Indians,4’5 French-Canadians,6 Chinese,7 a Negro-Caucasian,5 and most recently in a family of Hawaiian-Chinese-Caucasian ancestry.’ The hemoglobin “Liberian I” described by Robinson et al.’” was formerly’ designated as hemoglobin J but recently has been ...

Heterozygote Hemoglobin J Iran in Combination with Hemoglobin H Disease

This is a report concerning a concurrent case of hemoglobin J Iran (Hb J Iran) and Hemoglobin H (Hb H) disease in an Iranian woman. The patient was coincidentally found during the course of routine pre-marital genetic counselling for her son. The diagnosis of heterozygote Hb J Iran for her son, ultimately led to the diagnosis of concurrent Hb J Iran and Hb H disease. The hematological examinati...

Hemoglobin D Los Angeles in two Caucasian families: hemoglobin SD disease and hemoglobin D thalassemia.

11 EMOGLOBIN D LOS ANGELES, a2,82121g1m,l (Or D Punjab) is one of I I the more common hemoglobin variants, since it occurs in about 3 per cent of the Sikhs of the Punjab2 and sporadically in other ethnic groups, particularly those that have had considerable contact with India. In electrophoresis and chromatography, this variant is indistinguishable from hemoglobin S; however, it lacks the insol...

Hemoglobin D Los Angeles in Two Caucasian Families: Hemoglobin SD Disease and Hemoglobin D Thalassemia

11 EMOGLOBIN D LOS ANGELES, a2,82121g1m,l (Or D Punjab) is one of I I the more common hemoglobin variants, since it occurs in about 3 per cent of the Sikhs of the Punjab2 and sporadically in other ethnic groups, particularly those that have had considerable contact with India. In electrophoresis and chromatography, this variant is indistinguishable from hemoglobin S; however, it lacks the insol...