Hemoglobin OIndonesia in India: a rare observation

First case of Hb Fontainebleau with sickle haemoglobin and other non-deletional α gene variants identified in neonates during newborn screening for sickle cell disorders

“…It has been reported earlier in the Buginese from Sulawesi, Makassars, Iranian, South African, Italian and Chinese populations 18 19. So far, there have been only two cases reported from India 11 20. These cases did not have any clinical symptoms but electrophoresis showed a slow moving band and an abnormal peak was seen on HPLC in the Hb C window.…”

Hemoglobin variants in Muslim community in South Gujarat, Western India

“…Hb O-Indonesia also known as Hb Buginese-X or Hb Oliviereis was first reported in the Bugis population of Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. Hb O-Indonesia is rare in India, and only two cases have been reported so far in Muslims from Maharashtra by Nair et al [8] and from Uttar Pradesh by Chopra et al [9]. This study has encountered it in a Muslim Shaikh from Bihar.…”

Scanning for α‐Hemoglobin Variants by High‐Resolution Melting Analysis

“…Only few cases of these rare α-Hb variants found in several races had been reported. Hb Kurosaki, Hb O-Indonesia, and particular Hb J-Buda were very rare Hb variants occurred in Thai, Japanese, Sulawesi, and Indian populations (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). Hb G-Waimanalo had been reported with 12.19% frequency in Eastern Guangdong, China, but it is a first report here in Thai population (23).…”