title: Detection of alpha thalassaemia in sickle cell trait patients by Hb-Bart's screening & quantitation of Hb-A & Hb-S.
abstract: Haemoglobin fractionation in 27 subjects with sickle cell trait revealed 12 (44%) with sickle cell haemoglobin less than 35 per cent (23.4-34.2%, mean 30.4 +/- 3.3%) suggesting an association of alpha thalassaemia. Electrophoresis of 91 samples of cord blood revealed demonstrable amounts of haemoglobin Bart's in 7 (7.7%); six between 5 and 10 per cent and one with less than 2 per cent. It appeared that the six infants with higher amounts of haemoglobin Bart's were homozygous for alpha-thalassaemia + (-a/-a) genotypes and one was heterozygous for alpha-thalassaemia + (-a/aa) Results of haemoglobin electrophoresis done on 2754 blood samples analysed from hospital records, retrospectively did not reveal haemoglobin-H and haemoglobin Constant Spring in any of the samples.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Misra
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood*; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis*; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000032:analysis*; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000097:blood*; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D006441:Hemoglobin A; C030448:hemoglobin Bart's