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Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a
protein containing iron that
facilitates the
transport of
oxygen in red
blood cells.
Almost all
vertebrates contain...
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Hemoglobin A (HbA), also
known as
adult hemoglobin,
hemoglobin A1 or α2β2, is the most
common human hemoglobin tetramer,
accounting for over 97% of the...
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Fetal hemoglobin, or
foetal haemoglobin (also
hemoglobin F, HbF, or α2γ2) is the main
oxygen carrier protein in the
human fetus.
Hemoglobin F is found...
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Glycated hemoglobin (also
called glycohemoglobin) is a form of
hemoglobin (Hb) that is
chemically linked to a sugar. 'Glycosylated haemoglobin' is a misnomer...
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blood cells, a
reduction in the
amount of
hemoglobin available for
oxygen transport, or
abnormalities in
hemoglobin that
impair its function. The name is...
- The oxygen–
hemoglobin dissociation curve, also
called the
oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve or
oxygen dissociation curve (ODC), is a
curve that
plots the...
- The mean
corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is a
measure of the
concentration of
hemoglobin in a
given volume of
packed red
blood cell. It is...
- the
medical term for a
group of
inherited blood disorders involving the
hemoglobin, the
protein of red
blood cells. They are single-gene
disorders and, in...
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Hemoglobin E (HbE) is an
abnormal hemoglobin with a
single point mutation in the β chain. At
position 26
there is a
change in the
amino acid, from glutamic...
- Thal****emias are
inherited blood disorders that
result in
abnormal hemoglobin.
Symptoms depend on the type of thal****emia and can vary from none to severe...
