Journal article
Comparison of haemoglobin H inclusion bodies with embryonic zeta globin in screening for alpha thalassaemia.
Abstract
AIMS: To compare the haemoglobin (Hb) H inclusion test with immunocytochemical detection of embryonic zeta chains in screening for alpha thalassaemia.
METHODS: Blood samples from 115 patients with relevant clinical history and hypochromic microcytic indexes were screened using the HbH inclusion test and the Variant Hemoglobin Testing System (BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA).
Authors
Chan LC; So JC; Chui DH
Journal
Journal of Clinical Pathology, Vol. 48, No. 9,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
September 1995
DOI
10.1136/jcp.48.9.861
ISSN
0021-9746