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Hemoglobin E B-Thalassemia In A Pakistani Family, Aftab Ahmed, Atiya Abbasi, Gerhard Braunitzer, Zafar H. Zaidi Jan 1988

Hemoglobin E B-Thalassemia In A Pakistani Family, Aftab Ahmed, Atiya Abbasi, Gerhard Braunitzer, Zafar H. Zaidi

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Hemoglobin E is a slow moving B chain variant of hemoglobin, first discovered by Itano1. Characterized by Hunt et al2 showed glutamic acid at B 26 to be replaced by lysine. It is a common variant of hemoglobin in the world and reported in high frequency from South-East Asia3-6. Cases of Hb E, in combination with thalassemia have been reported on the basis of electrophoretic pattern only. In this communication a case of Hb E with B thalassemia is reported on the basis of amino acid sequencing of the abnormal peptide.