Estimation of Foetal Haemoglobin in Leukaemia

Abstract

The levels o fetal hemoglobin were investigated in 22 children with leukemia. Of 16 children with acute leukemia, 5 had a level of fetal hemoglobin lower than 1%, and the rest varied between 3 and 20%. In all 6 cases of myelold leukemia, acute and chronic, the fetal hemoglobin levels were much higher than normal, varying from 5 to 38.5%. In 2 of the cases the levels were the highest that we found in the whole study, being 35 and 38.5% respectively.