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Studies on the Resistance of Haemoglobin to Alkali
Author(s) -
ZANNOS LEDA
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb05596.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemoglobin , pediatrics , anemia , physiology , gastroenterology
Summary Using SINGER'S test of haemoglobin alkali denaturation we have examined: 1. 61 non anaemic infants aged between 5 days and 2 years and found a foetal type of haemoglobin up to the 19th month of age. 2. 12 patients with Cooley's anaemia. The values of resistant haemoglobin were above 50 % in cases that had not received a transfusion previously. These values are much higher than those found by SINGER in similar eases. 3. 13 patients with sickle cell anaemia. The values of resistant haemoglobin fell between 5–19.5 % coinciding with those found in negro patients. 4. 2 cases of Kala‐Azar. The haemoglobin was found to be of the normal type.