Irreversibly sickled erythrocytes: a consequence of the heterogeneous distribution of hemoglobin types in sickle-cell anemia
AUTOR(ES)
Bertles, John F.
RESUMO
The amount of fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) in erythrocytes of patients with sickle cell anemia (Hb SS disease) was measured by two methods: (a) photometry of individual cells stained for Hb F by the Kleihauer-Betke technique; and (b) chemical assay of alkali-resistant hemoglobin in cells distributed according to specific gravity by ultracentrifugation. Irreversibly sickled cells (ISC), which could be identified directly during photometry and which were found to gather in high concentration at the bottom of ultracentrifuged cell columns, contained significantly less Hb F than non-ISC. Cell content of total Hb was constant regardless of cell size, shape, or ultracentrifugal behavior: thus absolute amounts of Hb F and S varied reciprocally from cell to cell.
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