High Oxygen Affinity Hemoglobin Variant in a Canadian Family: Hb Bunbury [β94(FG1)Asp→Asn, GAC→AAC]

Lynda Walker Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

Barry Eng Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

Andrew McFarlane Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

John S. Waye Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]

Abstract

We investigated a three-generation Canadian family in which individuals displayed varying degrees of erythrocytosis due to a high oxygen affinity β chain hemoglobin (Hb) variant [Hb Bunbury, β94(FG1)Asp→Asn, GAC→AAC]. This is the fourth reported case of Hb Bunbury.

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