Clinical Study

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Technical and Legal Aspects of a German Pilot Study with 38,220 Participants

Table 3

High precision of HPLC retention times of hemoglobins derived from dried blood spot samples.

Presumptive hemoglobinRetention times mean (range) [min]CV %

A0.800 (0.785–0.816)0.8100
E0.952 (0.936–0.968)0.826
D1.044 (1.028–1.060)1.011
S1.154 (1.190–1.130)0.9100
C1.660 (1.647–1.670)0.423