Beta-thalassemia laboratory findings
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maryam Hadipour, M.D.[2]
Overview
Laboratory findings
• CBC: CBC reveals severe microcytic hypochromic anemia, with decreased hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH).
• hemoglobin electrophoresis: In the results of hemoglobin electrophoresis of a normal person, hemoglobin A (HbA) should be about 95-98% of the total hemoglobin and the rest would be hemoglobin A2 and F. Hemoglobin F gets increased in beta-thalassemia