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Hemoglobin. 2021 Mar;45(2):136-139. doi: 10.1080/03630269.2021.1926276. Epub 2021 Jun 16.

First Report of Compound Heterozygosity for Hb S (.

Hemoglobin

Ugochi O Ogu, Morayma Reyes Gil, Seda S Tolu, Seetharama A Acharya, Caterina P Minniti

Affiliations

  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  2. Center for Sickle Cell Disease, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
  3. Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
  4. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.

PMID: 34134586 DOI: 10.1080/03630269.2021.1926276

Abstract

Sickle cell disease variants include hemoglobinopathies that result from inheritance of the sickle cell globin mutation with another globin mutation. The most common variants include the homozygous disease state (Hb SS disease), Hb S (

Keywords: Compound heterozygosity; Hb Haringey; Hb S/Hb Haringey; sickle cell disease

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