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Reference range of serum haptoglobin is haptoglobin phenotype-dependent in blacks.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Jun 2000
Kasvosve I, Gomo Z A, Gangaidzo I T, Mvundura E, Saungweme T, Moyo V M, Khumalo H, Boelaert J R, Gordeuk V R, Delanghe J R
Abstract excerpt
Reference values for serum haptoglobin (Hp), were established in a Black Zimbabwean population. The upper limit (2.15 g/l) is comparable to the one in Caucasians, but the lower limit (0.12 g/l) is much lower than the proposed interim international reference limit (0.3 g/l). Subjects that typed as Hp 0-0 by starch gel electrophoresis technique were retyped using high performance gel permeation chromatography. This...
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