Haemoglobin Barts in newborn Tanzanians.
Using both starch gel and cellulose-acetate electrophoresis is screening procedures, haemoglobin (Hb) Barts was detected in 11.08% of 325 cord blood samples from newborn Tanzanians. Red cell studies in these and in normals and a search for inclusion bodies of Hb H did not suggest alpha-thalassaemia. The mothers of these babies do not show any evidence of alpha-thalassaemia. It is suggested that the presence of Hb Barts in samples of cord blood is not due to the presence of alpha-thalassaemia in the Tanzanian population.
D000328:Adult; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006447:Hemoglobin H / Q000032:analysis; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000032:analysis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009996:Osmotic Fragility; D013636:Tanzania; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology*
D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin; D006447:Hemoglobin H