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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 32, 860-862, Copyright © 1986 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Densitometry and microchromatography compared for determination of the hemoglobin C and A2 proportions in hemoglobin C and hemoglobin SC disease and in hemoglobin C trait

JS Krauss, PA Drew, MH Jonah, M Trinh, S Shell, L Black and CR Baisden

Using both densitometry and anion-exchange microchromatography, we measured hemoglobin C (Hb C) and Hb A2 proportions in 11 patients, eight of whom had Hb AC, two Hb SC, and one Hb CC. For one patient with Hb SC, we made the determinations before and after a transfusion. The mean (and SD) for the sum of Hb C + Hb A2 by densitometry and anion- exchange microchromatography for the nine patients with Hb AC and Hb CC were 45 (18) and 40 (18)%, respectively (p greater than 0.1, r = 0.98); for the three determinations involving the two Hb SC patients, the respective proportions were 40 (9.9) and 38 (6.6)% (r = 0.88). Electrophoretic analysis of microchromatographic eluates from the Hb AC and Hb CC patients showed that 6% of the absorbance of the late high- ionic-strength eluate was due to Hb C, which was responsible for the statistically insignificant difference between densitometric and chromatographic values for Hb C + A2 values. Electrophoresis on cellulose acetate of concentrated eluates of the Hb C + A2 fraction from the two Hb SC patients revealed no contamination by Hb S. Evidently, microchromatography can be used to determine Hb C + A2 in patients with Hb C or Hb SC disease or Hb C trait.




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