Screening for intermediate and severe forms of thalassaemia in discarded red blood cells: optimization and feasibility

• Main Authors: George, Elizabeth, Lai, Mei I., Teh, Lai Kuan, Ramasamy, Rajesh, Goh, Ern Huei, Asokan, Kamalan, Tan, Mary Anne Jin Ai, Vasudevan, Maithili, Low, Sharon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24680/1/Screening%20for%20intermediate%20and%20severe%20forms%20of%20thalassaemia%20in%20discarded%20red%20blood%20cells.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24680/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2011/v66n5/index.html

Detection and quantification of Hb subtypes of human blood is integral to presumptive identification of thalassaemias. It has been used in neonatal screening of thalassaemia and Hb variants. The use of discarded red blood cells following processing of the cord blood for stem cells provides readily a...