A new alpha chain variant, Hb Turriff [alpha 99(G6)Lys----Glu]: the interference of abnormal hemoglobins in Hb A1c determination.

doi:10.3109/03630269209005671

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A new alpha chain variant, Hb Turriff [alpha 99(G6)Lys----Glu]: the interference of abnormal hemoglobins in Hb A1c determination.

Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 1992

Langdown J V, Davidson R J, Williamson D

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Hb Turriff is a new hemoglobin variant which we have identified in a diabetic individual. During the determination of Hb A1c by high performance liquid chromatography, an inappropriately elevated result was found to be due to the abnormal hemoglobin chromatographing with the Hb A1c fraction. This...

Topics

Adult
Amino Acid Sequence
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Globins
Glycated Hemoglobin
Hemoglobins, Abnormal
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation

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