Screening of Abnormal Hemoglobin Among People of Hani and Yi Minority Nationalities in Honghe Yunnan / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

The resuets of the screening of abnormal Hb among people of Hani and Yi minority nationalitios in Honghe, Yunnan were reported in this paper, It was found that the inci- dence of abnormal Hb in This area was 1.25%, By studying the types of abnormal Hb, we found that the main abnormal Hb in Hani and Yi minority nationalities was Hb E. In addi- tion, a slow-mouing Hb was found, Primary structural analysis showed that it was a ?-Chaim variant designated as Hb G-Yuanyang (?43 (CD2) Glu-Gly),. it is a new vari- ant type of abnormal Hb found and reported for the first time in Yunnan, China.