Hemoglobin D/beta-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia major in a Saudi family.

The present report describes the clinical, hematological and molecular characteristics in a family with unique interaction between 3 different mutations discovered during routine workup for bone marrow transplantation. In this report, complete hematological and molecular studies were performed for a large Saudi family. The family consisted of parents and 9 children, which revealed that the father is compound heterozygous for hemoglobin Hb D Punjab/beta-thalassemia, the mother is a carrier for beta-thalassemia and 3 of their children are transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia.