“…These conventional methods are family history, clinical features, hemoglobin level, red blood cell indices, red cell count, peripheral blood smear study, Hb A2 quantification, Hb F quantification, cellulose acetate electrophoresis at alkaline pH for hemoglobin and sickling test. Various drawbacks and shortcomings of these methods are that Hb S,G,D,Q and Lepore have same mobility on electrophoresis and Hb A2,C and E also have same mobility [6] . Double heterozygous states also are difficult to diagnose [6] .…”