A further case of Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1)His->Asp] in Muğla, Turkey.

Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1)His-Asp] is a rare hemoglobin variant, described first in Iran by Rahbar et al. in 1967 . To date, several abnormal hemoglobins have been described from different regions of Turkey . In Turkey, the first Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1) His-Asp] case was reported by Arcasoy et al. . There are four reported cases from the Turkish population, mostly from our group. These reported cases were from Ankara, Antalya and Muğla . Here, we report the fifth family with two brothers having heterozygous cases of Hb J-Iran [beta77(EF1)His-Asp] from Muğla. These two cases were asymptomatic and detected during screening of the Muğla population.