Biologically Active Substance
hemoglobin H
Subclass of:
Abnormal Hemoglobins
Definitions related to hemoglobin h:
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Abnormal hemoglobin composed of 4 beta chains, found in alpha thalassemia, and associated with severe hemolytic anemia.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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An abnormal hemoglobin composed of four beta chains. It is caused by the reduced synthesis of the alpha chain. This abnormality results in ALPHA-THALASSEMIA.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(hbh hemoglobin) Hemoglobin H (HbH) contains four beta-globin chains. It is normally not present at all in blood, but may make up about 1-40 percent of all hemoglobin in HbH disease, a subform of alpha thalassemia.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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