THREE NEW VARIANTS OF THEα1-GLOBIN GENE WITHOUT CLINICAL OR HEMATOLOGIC EFFECTS: Hb HAGERSTOWN [α44(CE2)Pro→Ala (α1)]; Hb BUFFALO [α89(FG1)His→Gln (α1)], A HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT FROM SOMALIA AND YEMEN; Hb WICHITA [α95(G2)Pro→Gln (α1)]; AND A SECOND, UNRELATED, CASE OF Hb ROUBAIX [α55(E4)Val→Leu (α1)]

We report preliminary data for three previously unrecognized hemoglobin (Hb) variants due to mutations of the α1-globin gene, that were initially ascertained by either chromatographic, electrophore...