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Hb A2' (Hb B2) in the Omani population and diagnostic significance.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2011
Daar Shahina, Al Zadjali Shoaib, Gravell David, Al Haddabi Hamood, Al Riyami Muna, Al Belushi Abeer, Berbar Tsouria, Krishnamoorthy Rajagopal
Abstract excerpt
Hb A(2)' [δ16(A13)Gly→Arg], also called Hb B2, is a δ-globin chain variant that has been identified in several populations of African origin or ancestry and is easily identifiable in alkaline acetate cellulose electrophoresis as doubling of the Hb A(2) band. However, in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), commonly employed nowadays, it elutes in the S window. Over a period of 2 years at the Sultan...
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