A 25-year-old member asked:
what is the diagnostic test for alpha thalassemia?
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Dr. Robert Kwok answered
32 years experience Pediatrics
Blood tests: Alpha thalassemia is diagnosed by blood tests: routine blood counts, hemoglobin electrophoresis to find out the types of hemoglobin one has in one's blood, and dna analysis to try to see if certain mutations are present.
Answered on Apr 10, 2015
Dr. Hasan Noubani answered
35 years experience Pediatric Cardiology
HB electrophoresis: The test is called hb electrophoresis.
Answered on Apr 14, 2014
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