An evaluation of the Bio-Rad Variant Haemoglobin Testing System for the detection of haemoglobinopathies

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Waters, H M ^a   Howarth, J E ^a   Hyde, K ^a   Goldstone, S ^a   Cinkotai, K I ^a   Kadkhodaei Elyaderani, Manizheh ^b   Richards, J T ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathies; High performance liquid chromatography; Screening; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BETA THALASSEMIA; CATION EXCHANGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

CATIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DRUG STABILITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0031890423     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1998.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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