Erythrocyte membrane integrity is a pre-requisite for cellular functionality. The present study sought to investigate the capacity of normal adult haemoglobin (HbAA) and homozygote haemoglobin S (HbSS) erythrocytes to withstand osmotic stress when incubated over time (0 h ≤ t ≤ 8 h) in relatively low concentrations of Na2S2O5
Key words: Erythrocytes, genotypes, malondialdehyde, mean corpuscular fragility, sodium metabisulphite.
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