Heterocellular hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin, Swiss type: A harmless blood variant. At birth, fetal hemoglobin is usually replaced by adult hemoglobin within a few months. Persistence of fetal hemoglobin means that some of the fetal hemoglobin still remains in production. The blood anomaly remains for life but causes no problems. The Swiss form involves an increased level of fetal hemoglobin in some red blood cells and is caused by a genetic anomaly on chromosome Xp22.2. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Heterocellular hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin, Swiss type is available below.
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