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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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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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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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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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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...
- The oxygen–
hemoglobin dissociation curve, also
called the
oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve or
oxygen dissociation curve (ODC), is a
curve that
plots the...
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inherited blood disorders that
manifest as the
production of
reduced hemoglobin.
Symptoms depend on the type of thal****emia and can vary from none to...
- no effect. The
normal hemoglobin types are
Hemoglobin A (HbA),
which makes up 95–98% of
total hemoglobin in adults,
Hemoglobin A2 (HbA2),
which constitutes...
- (British: methaemoglobin,
shortened MetHb) (pronounced "met-
hemoglobin") is a
hemoglobin in the form of metalloprotein, in
which the iron in the heme...
