Article
Detection and quantitation of normal and variant haemoglobins: an analytical review.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Sept 2004
Wild Barbara J, Bain Barbara J
Abstract excerpt
As well as six 'normal' haemoglobins that occur at various stages of development, more than 800 abnormal or variant haemoglobins have been described. Many of these variant haemoglobins have no significant clinical consequences apart from causing confusion to clinicians and in laboratories; however, some of the variant haemoglobins result in major morbidity or mortality. The laboratory challenge is to detect these...
Topics
- Animals
- Genetic Variation
- Hemoglobins
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans