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Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a
protein containing iron that
facilitates the
transportation of
oxygen in red
blood cells.
Almost all vertebrates...
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Sickle cell
disease (SCD), also
simply called sickle cell, is a
group of
hemoglobin-related
blood disorders that are
typically inherited. The most common...
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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...
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Glycated hemoglobin, also
called glycohemoglobin, is a form of
hemoglobin (Hb) that is
chemically linked to a sugar. Most monosaccharides,
including glucose...
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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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disorders that
manifest as the
production of
reduced or zero
quantities of
hemoglobin.
Symptoms depend on the type of thal****emia and can vary from none to...
- the
medical term for a
group of
inherited blood disorders involving the
hemoglobin, the
protein of red
blood cells. They are
generally single-gene disorders...
- 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...
- (thrombocytes). The most
abundant cells are red
blood cells.
These contain hemoglobin,
which facilitates oxygen transport by
reversibly binding to it, increasing...
