Hemoglobinopathy and thalassemia detection
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In humans, two pairs of unlike globin chains combine with four heme groups to form hemoglobin (Hb), a protein that is carried by red cells and picks up oxygen in the lungs and delivers it to the peripheral tissues. One of the globin chain pairs in hemoglobin is always alpha (with the exception of the very first weeks of embryogenesis), while the second pair is ―nonalpha.‖ That is, it can be made of beta(ß), delta(), or gamma () chains.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011