Re: ? Autofluorescent Haemoglobin
James W. Jacobberger (jwj@po.cwru.edu)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:17:49 -0400
>
>Howard, as usual, put the issue in perspective. I can only add that in
>over 10 years of performing TO reticulocyte analysis by 488 laser line
>and over 50,000 clinical samples with many an iron deficient anemia,
>clinical iron deficiency in individuals with Hb A, C, F, or C do not
>exhibit autofluorescence higher than iron replete individuals. As for the
>Hb E state, I remain clueless.
>
>Bruce
>
However,
I have also seen a rare blood samples with strikingly significantly higher
autofluorescence than normal rbc's stained with TO. In one instance, this
caused problems for the automated program supplied by BD on the FACScan
(several years ago). Don't know what they were. I had always wondered if
the patients weren't being treated with some drug.
jwj