Hemoglobin Lepore Trait: Globin Synthesis in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood

Abstract

There was decreased synthesis of the β-globin chain in the peripheral blood, and equal synthesis of α- and non-α-chains in the bone marrow of three patients with hemoglobin Lepore trait, similar to the findings in patients with heterozygous β-thalassemia. There is a relative instability of the synthetic mechanism for normal β-chain in these patients.