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Implications for a Child when One Partner Carries Haemoglobin O Arab and the Other...

• does not carry any haemoglobin disorder
• also carries haemoglobin O Arab [both carry haemoglobin O Arab]

• carries alpha thalassaemia
  • alpha thalassaemia (type unknown)
  • alpha plus thalassaemia
  • alpha zero thalassaemia
• carries beta thalassaemia and information on haemoglobin O Arab/beta thalassaemia
  • delta-beta thalassaemia and information on haemoglobin O Arab/delta-beta thalassaemia
  • haemoglobin Lepore thalassaemia and information on haemoglobin O Arab/Lepore thalassaemia
• carries haemoglobin C
• carries haemoglobin D
  • haemoglobin D (type unknown)
  • haemoglobin D Punjab
• carries haemoglobin E
• carries haemoglobin S (sickle cell) and information on avoiding the risk of haemoglobin S/O Arab disorder
• carries hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin (HPFH)

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