PMID: 9554484Apr 29, 1998Paper

Prenatal and postnatal diagnoses of thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies by HPLC

Clinical Chemistry
Supan FucharoenC Dewaele

Abstract

The conventional approach to qualitative and quantitative analyses of hemoglobin (Hb) molecules for the diagnoses of hemoglobinopathies requires a combination of tests. We used an automated HPLC (VARIANT) system to study alpha-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia syndromes in Thailand. The beta-thalassemia short program is applicable to the diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia disorders, including Hb H, EA Bart's disease, and EF Bart's disease, in adults, newborns, and fetuses. The system cannot quantify accurately certain Hb molecules, such as Hb H and Hb Bart's. The alpha-thalassemia short program was therefore developed and used to quantify Hb Bart's to detect alpha-thalassemia genotypes in cord blood. This automated HPLC system is an alternative approach to the diagnosis of complicated thalassemia syndromes in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

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