Haemoglobin Variants In Some Ethnic Groups Of Punjab (North India).

ABSTRACT

A total of 1,312 blood samples were electrophoresed for haemoglobins using three buffer systems. The data comprised of 467 Jut Sikh, 271 Khatri, 355 Brahmins and 219 Banias. Ten cases of both slow and fast type of variant haemoglobins were observed Family studies conducted showed that eight of the variants were inherited in nature, whereas the remaining two were transient type.