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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 acid to lysine (E26K). Hemoglobin E is very common among people of Southeast Asian , Northeast Indian , Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi descent.
Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs or gills) to the other tissues of the body, where it releases the oxygen to enable aerobic respiration which powers an animal's metabolism. A healthy human has 12 to 20 grams of hemoglobin in every 100 mL of blood. Hemoglobin is a metalloprotein, a chromoprotein, and ...
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Hemoglobin E While in Thailand in 1951, Minnich found an unusually high rate of thalassemias , blood disorders characterized by decreased levels of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin . Upon further examination, she discovered that this was an undescribed form of thalassemia involving a novel abnormal hemoglobin molecule, hemoglobin E ...
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Glycated hemoglobin, also called glycohemoglobin, is a form of hemoglobin (Hb) that is chemically linked to a sugar. [ note 1 ] Most monosaccharides , including glucose , galactose , and fructose , spontaneously (that is, non-enzymatically ) bond with hemoglobin when they are present in the bloodstream.
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Physicians specialized in hematology are known as hematologists or haematologists. [2] Their routine work mainly includes the care and treatment of patients with hematological diseases, although some may also work at the hematology laboratory viewing blood films and bone marrow slides under the microscope, interpreting various hematological test results and blood clotting test results.