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Medical Definition of Haemoglobin Gower-1
1. A Hb of molecular formula ζ2&vepsilon;2, found as a minor Hb in the early embryo; disappears by the third month of pregnancy in favour of haemoglobin Gower-2 and haemaglobin Portland and then by Hb F; the ζ chain has 141 amino acid residues. Synthesis of the ζ chain is deficient in cases of hydrops foetalis. Compare: haemoglobin Gower-2, haemoglobin Portland. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemoglobin Gower-1
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