Re: Feotal Heamoglobin

Terry Hoy (Hoy@cardiff.ac.uk)
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 09:34:04 GMT

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>Does anybody know of a cocktail that is capable of fixing and
>permeablising adult red blood cells ?
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>Any comments appreciated.
>
>Andy Johnson, Leeds Blood Transfusion Centre.

You could try the 'fixing and sphering' method developed by Langlois
et al 1990, Cytometry 11 513-521. Details also given in 'Red cells
and reticulocytes' Chapter 7 of 'Flow Cytometry : Clinical
Applications' Ed M.Macey, Blackwell Scientific Publications.
Terry.

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