Assay

Abnormal Haemoglobin Referral (Globin chain analysis)

Key Words

Haemoglobinopathy, haemoglobin variant globin chain analysis, DNA testing, thalassaemia

Specimen Collection

10ml EDTA. Patients should be aware that when giving us their family origin information and agreeing to antenatal family origin screening, we will where necessary provide this information to other healthcare professionals outside the Pathology department in order to provide appropriate antenatal care.

Referral

This test is referred to another centre for analysis: 

North West Genomic Laboratory

Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine

St Mary's Hospital

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

Turnaround time

6 weeks from receipt at reference laboratory

Test indications

Determination globin chain specificity for thalassaemias

Interferences

Contact referral laboratory for information

Reference Range

Contact referral laboratory for information

Minimum retesting interval

N/A