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Serum Electrophoresis
Why is fetus father is asked for serum electrophoresis ? Is it because that parents are suffering from some form malignancy like sickle cell or myeloma and the traces of it is shown in Fetus ?
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It is to check for thalessemia
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Sickle cell anaemia is not a malignancy. Electrophoresis is done to see the traits of Thalassemia (which is also not a malignancy).
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Dr. Vijaya Gupta
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21 yrs exp
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To rule out thalessemia trait
Not malignancy
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