Low Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is a crystallizable, conjugated protein consisting of an iron-containing pigment (called heme or hematin) and a simple protein, globin. In the lungs, it combines readily with oxygen to form a loose, unstable compound called oxyhemoglobin, a process called oxygenation.
In the tissues of the body, where oxygen tension is low and carbon dioxide tension is high, oxyhemoglobin liberates its oxygen in...
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Serum hemoglobin
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Serum hemoglobin is a test that measures the level of free hemoglobin in the liquid part of the blood (the serum). Free hemoglobin is the hemoglobin... Read more »
Hemoglobin
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A blood test can tell how much hemoglobin you have in your blood.See also: Hemoglobin... Read more »
Hemoglobin derivatives
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hemoglobin derivatives are altered forms of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that moves oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and body... Read more »
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hemoglobin electrophoresis is a test that measures the different types of the oxygen-carrying protein (hemoglobin) in the blood.Alternative NamesHb... Read more »
Hemoglobin C disease
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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