In this short report, we describe the clinical presentation of a rare hemoglobin (Hb) variant, Hb Limassol [β8(A5)Lys→Asn; HBB: c.27G>C] with a faster electrophoretic mobility than Hb A and that elutes in the P3 window on cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This sequence variation at codon 8 (AAG>AAC) of the HBB gene was found in the four heterozygous cases, all of whom were clinically asymptomatic.
Keywords: Alkaline electrophoresis; DNA sequencing; Hb Limassol; cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography.