THREE NEW VARIANTS OF THE α1-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)]

James D. Hoyer Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

Daniel J. McCormick Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

Karen Snow Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

Jack Lawler Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY, 14226-2523, U.S.A.

Melissa Jadick Partners in Pediatrics, Hagerstown, MD, 21740-6219, U.S.A.

Renee Grageda Department of Pediatrics, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY, 11373, U.S.A.

James L. Early Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS, 67214, U.S.A.

Carol Ball Regions Medical Center, St. Paul, MN, 55101-2502, U.S.A.

Paula Skarda Midway Ramsey Health Partners, St. Paul, MN, 55116-2126, U.S.A.

Kathleen S. Kubik Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

Michael W. Holmes Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

Virgil F. Fairbanks Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, U.S.A.

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