RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Haemoglobin A<sub>2</sub> level in pregnancy
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 538
OP 539
DO 10.1136/jcp.23.6.538
VO 23
IS 6
A1 Benster, Barry
A1 Cauchi, Maurice N.
YR 1970
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/23/6/538.abstract
AB The haemoglobin A2 level was measured in 217 pregnant and 137 non-pregnant patients. Twenty-eight patients were reinvestigated at least six weeks after delivery. There was no significant difference in the mean haemoglobin A2 level in pregnancy (2·4 ± 0·8%) and the mean haemoglobin A2 level in the non-pregnant controls (2·3 ± 0·6%). In all anaemic patients whose A2 level was raised in pregnancy the level remained elevated after delivery.