RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sodium, potassium, water, and haemoglobin in the packed red cells of severe thalassaemia
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 637
OP 643
DO 10.1136/jcp.14.6.637
VO 14
IS 6
A1 C. Choremis
A1 Cleopatra Economou-Mavrou
A1 Christina Tsenghi
YR 1961
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/14/6/637.abstract
AB Sodium, potassium, water, and the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration were determined in the packed erythrocytes of children with severe thalassaemia. The concentration of sodium in the packed red cells was higher than normal in a significant proportion of children with thalassaemia whereas potassium in the packed cells and sodium and potassium in the plasma were normal. On average, the cell water content was a little higher and the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration a little lower than normal. The cation concentrations in the packed cells of thalassaemia are compared with those in other anaemias. Similarities are pointed out between the sodium concentrations in the packed cells of thalassaemia and those from the foetus and children suffering from malnutrition.