Ann Lab Med.  2025 Jan;45(1):101-104. 10.3343/alm.2024.0182.

Ability of the Capillary Electrophoresis-based HbA1c Assay to Detect Rare Hemoglobin Variants

• Olivieri M
• Rosetti M
• Poletti G
• Maffei M
• Coviello D
• Mogni M
• Capalbo F
• Caterina MM
• Polli V
• Clementoni A
• Massari E
• Monti M
• Maoggi S
• Fasano T

• KMID: 2563862
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2024.0182

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  Fig. 1 Hb analysis using capillary electrophoresis. Examples of normal electropherograms obtains the HbA1c kit (A) and HEMOGLOBIN(E) kit (B). Atypical electropherograms obtained using the HbA1c kit (C, E, G) and normal electropherograms obtained using the HEMOGLOBIN(E) kit (D, F, H) for samples from three patients with Hb Bleuland, Hb La Desirade, and Hb Novara.

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