-thalassaemia -thalassaemia
0 -thalassaemia
+ 0
Deletion (–) +
Non-deletion (T) -thalassaemia
-thalassaemia Hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin
0 Deletion
+ ()0
Variants with unusually high level of HbF or A2 Non-deletion
Normal HbA2 Linked to b-globin-gene cluster
‘Silent’ G
+
Dominant A
+
Unlinked to b-gene cluster Unlinked to -globin-gene cluster
-thalassaemia
()+
()0
(A)0