Sickle solubility test to screen for sickle cell trait: what's the harm?

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2015:2015:433-5. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2015.1.433.

Authors

Venée N Tubman¹, Joshua J Field²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Dana Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA;
² Medical Sciences Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

PMID: 26637754
DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2015.1.433

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood
Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Female
Hematologic Tests / methods
Hemoglobin, Sickle / analysis
Hemoglobins / chemistry
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Reproducibility of Results
Risk
Sickle Cell Trait / blood*
Sickle Cell Trait / diagnosis*
Solubility

Substances

Hemoglobin, Sickle
Hemoglobins