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Neonatal screening for α-thalassemia by cord hemoglobin Barts: how effective is it?
International journal of laboratory hematology - 1 Oct 2015
Wu M-Y, Xie X-M, Li J, Li D-Z
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INTRODUCTION: It has long been recognized that the hemoglobin (Hb) Bart's in cord blood is an accurate indicator of α-thalassemia and that the level of Hb Bart's was increased accordingly with the increasing numbers of the defective α-genes. METHODS: This study used an automatic capillary electrophoresis system to determine the Hb Bart's levels in cord blood. Molecular analyses were used to detect various...
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