Hemoglobinopathy
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hemoglobinopathy-324-2239956
title:
Hemoglobinopathy
text:
Hemoglobinopathy is the medical term for a group of inherited blood disorders involving the hemoglobin, the protein of red blood cells. They are single-gene disorders and, in most cases, they are inherited as autosomal co-dominant traits. There are two main groups: abnormal structural hemoglobin variants caused by mutations in the hemoglobin genes, and the thalassemias, which are caused by an underproduction of otherwise normal hemoglobin molecules. The main structural hemoglobin variants are Hb
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wiki
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description:
Any of various genetic disorders of blood
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobinopathy
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date modified:
2024-04-24T18:01:37Z
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