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    <title>CancerCompass Message Board: Hereditary anaemia trait or other?</title>
    <description>CancerCompass message board discussion started by mother1 on 7/12/2007</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hereditary anaemia trait or other?</title>
      <description>These are the results of hemoglobin electroforesis of my 3 year old daughter

Hgb F  15.8 (range 0-2)
Hgb A2  2.6  (range 2-3)

Complete blood count results

WHITE BLOOD CELLS
WBC 11.93 (4.5-10.2)
NEUT 28    (50-70)
LYM  62   (25-40)
MONO 8    (3-7)
EOS  2 (0-3)

RED BLOOD CELLS
RBC  5.90  (94.2-5.4)
Hb   12.9   (12-16)
Ht   36.8   (38-47)
MCV  62.4   (80-96)
MCH   21.9  (27-31)
MCHC  35.1  (32-36)
RDW-CV  24.2 (11.6-14.8)

PLT 445  (140-450)
PCT  0.42  (0.14-0.45)
MPV  9.5  (7.4-10.4)
PDW  10.1  (9-17)

Father has trait but we are worried for other probable causes of the abnormal values (esp.HgbF)

I'd appreciate any input.</description>
      <author>mother1</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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