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Sickle cell and G-6-PD deficiency gene in cord blood samples: experience at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.
Journal of tropical pediatrics - 1 Apr 1997
al-Nuaim L, Talib Z A, el-Hazmi M A, Warsy A S
Abstract excerpt
Cord blood samples (1039) collected at King Khalid University Hospital were analysed for abnormal haemoglobins using electrophoresis at alkaline and acid pH, for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency using spectrophotometric method and for G-6-PD phenotypes using electrophoresis and specific staining. Only two samples showed the presence of Hb AS and no case of sickle cell anaemia was identified....
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