Hemoglobin D-beta (0) thalassemia. A case report and family study. 1988

S T Dawod, and M Abulaban, and K Kamel, and T H Huisman
Department of Pediatrics, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.

Findings are presented on a Pakistani family in Doha, Qatar with hemoglobin D-Los Angeles (alpha 2 beta 3 121 (glutamine----glycine) and thalassemia trait. The propositus, a child, has hemoglobin D-beta(0) thalassemia, and suffers from moderately severe hemolytic anemia. The father has beta-thalassemia trait, and the mother is heterozygous for hemoglobin D-Los Angeles. This, the eighth confirmed case in the medical literature, is reported to emphasize its clinical manifestations and genetic basis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D010154 Pakistan A country located in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. The capital is Islamabad. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
D006455 Hemoglobins, Abnormal Hemoglobins characterized by structural alterations within the molecule. The alteration can be either absence, addition or substitution of one or more amino acids in the globin part of the molecule at selected positions in the polypeptide chains. Abnormal Hemoglobins
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013789 Thalassemia A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains. There are several genetic types with clinical pictures ranging from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal anemia. Thalassemias

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