TABLE XVIII.   High School Students With Normal Hematology, Slightly Elevated Levels of Fetal Hb, and Mutations at -158 (GGamma)

Case Sex-Age Hb
g/dl
RBC
1012/l
MCV
fl
MCH
pg
A2
%
F
%
GGamma
%
-158
GGamma
1 M-17 15.9 5.08 90.2 31.3 2.4 3.1 79.2 TT
2 F-13 13.3 4.16 94.0 32.0 3.4 0.9 70.5 TT
3 F-15 14.2 4.63 92.0 30.7 3.1 0.9 64.2 TT
4 M-18 15.4 4.93 90.1 31.2 3.0 0.6 57.8 TT
5 F-14 12.2 3.99 91.0 30.6 2.9 0.6 65.6 TT
6 F-15 14.2 4.93 85.8 28.8 2.2 0.5 69.8 TT
7 F-15 14.0 4.76 87.0 29.4 2.7 0.5 61.6 TT
8 F-14 12.7 4.83 78.1 26.3 2.9 1.2 55.0 TT
9 F-16 11.3 4.27 79.4 26.5 1.8 1.1 67.7 TT
10 M-14 15.6 5.28 86.2 29.5 3.0 0.6 29.1 CC
11 F-15 12.9 4.49 88.4 28.7 3.3 0.5 30.0 CC
12 F-17 12.8 4.41 87.3 29.0 1.8 0.5 48.2 CT
13 M-11 13.2 4.36 92.2 30.3 2.9 3.9 67.5 CC



This material is from the book A Syllabus of Thalassemia Mutations (1997) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Erol Baysal, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1997 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Author.