Investigation of abnormal haemoglobins in Jamaica: a preliminary study

ABSTRACT

The literature on abnormal haemoglobins is briefly reviewed. The laboratory findings on 39 cases of sickle cell anaemia (genotype S-S), 14 of whom were adults, and on 13 cases of sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease (genotype S-C), are presented and discussed. Two family studies are included, in one of which three cases of sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease were found. (AU)