The Adverse Effects of Pregnancies Complicated by Hemoglobin H (HBH) Disease.
Hemoglobin (Hb) H disease is a moderate form of α- thalassemia resulting from various genetic defects. HbH disease is not necessarily a benign disorder as has been generally thought. We present hereby a 25- year-old Iranian pregnant woman whom referred to our hospital for blood transfusion. She exhibited the clinical and hematological manifestation of HbH disease. Her father carries a common α-thalassemia deletion while her mother was normal in the hematological profile. The object of this report was to provide information about pregnancies affected by HbH disease.
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam
M
Rabiee
Dept. of Oncology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Jalal-Aldin
JA
Shams
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Nafiseh
N
Zafargandie
Hemoglobin H; Iran; Pregnancy