Utility of paper-based sickle cell test compared to sodium metabisulfite sickling test using hemoglobin electrophoresis as a gold standard at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza

Utility of paper-based sickle cell test compared to sodium metabisulfite sickling test using hemoglobin electrophoresis as a gold standard at Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) describes a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. People with SCD have abnormal haemoglobin (Hb), called Hb S. In all forms of SCD, at least one of the two abnormal genes causes a person's body to make Hb S. In countries with limited resources, diagn...

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Main Authors: Neema N Mkocha, Erius Tebuka, Emmanuela E Ambrose, Betrand Msemwa, Vitus Silago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
Subjects:
Bugando medical center
hemoglobin AS
hemoglobin electrophoresis
hemoglobin SS
mwanza
paper-based sickle cell test
sodium metabisulfite sickling test
Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2018;volume=9;issue=3;spage=91;epage=94;aulast=Mkocha

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