Prevalence of elevated hemoglobin A 2 measured by the CAPILLARYS system

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Yang, Zhaohai ^a   Chaffin, Carolyn H ^a   Easley, Pattye L ^a   Thigpen, Beatrice ^a   Reddy, Vishnu V B ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin A 2; Automated hematology analyzers; Capillary zone electrophoresis; Hemoglobinopathies; Prenatal screening; Thalassemia trait

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA THALASSEMIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58549111828     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPD0PJGFT0SXMK     Document Type: Review

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