Lab Med Online.  2011 Apr;1(2):67-71. 10.3343/lmo.2011.1.2.1.

Translation: Unexpected Hemoglobin A1c Results

• Sofronescu AG
• Williams L
• Andrews DM
• Zhu Y

• KMID: 1446271
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/lmo.2011.1.2.1

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Hemoglobins
Hemoglobins

Figure

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  Fig. 1 CE-HPLC chromatogram for Hb A1c analysis. Hb S and an aberrant Hb A1c value of 115.8% represented the predominant Hb peaks in the chromatogram.

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  Fig. 2 Chromatogram of Hb variants analysis with the CE-HPLC β-Thalassemia Short Program. Hb S (37.4%), wild-type Hb A2 (3.2%), and Hb F (<1.0%) were identified, but Hb A was not detected. A large peak, which we designated P2, was detected at 53.0%.

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