Delta-Beta Thalassaemia in a Pathan Family.

Saqib Qayyum Ahmad1, Saerah Iffat Zafar2, Hamid Saeed Malik3

  • 1Department of Laboratory, Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar.

Summary

Delta-beta-thalassaemia is a rare genetic blood disorder. Homozygous Gγ(Aγδβ)0-thalassaemia presents as severe thalassaemia intermedia with 100% Hb-F, diagnosed via polymerase chain reaction.