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View article: POTENTIAL CLINICAL APPLICATION OF A FLOW CYTOMETRY METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN (HBF) CONTENT IN RED BLOOD CELLS (RBCS) IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD)
POTENTIAL CLINICAL APPLICATION OF A FLOW CYTOMETRY METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN (HBF) CONTENT IN RED BLOOD CELLS (RBCS) IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD) Open
Introduction: Hydroxyurea, the 1st line treatment for SCD, induces HbF, inhibiting polymerization of mutant HbS and cell sickling. However, laboratory tests that assess HbF induction do not quantify the % of effectively protected RBCs (%pR…