Medical Definition of Haemoglobin S

1. Haemoglobin S is an abnormal version of the protein haemoglobin. The sixth amino acid of the normal beta chain, glutamic acid, is replaced by valine with gluconic acid. This mutation causes the red blood cell to take on a sickle shape, and is the cause of the sickle cell trait condition (when the individual is heterozygous for this mutant haemoglobin) and the disease of sickle cell anaemia (when the individual is homozygous for this mutant haemoglobin). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemoglobin S

haemoglobin Constant Spring
haemoglobin DPunjab
haemoglobin E
haemoglobin F
haemoglobin Gower-1
haemoglobin Gower-2
haemoglobin H
haemoglobin I
haemoglobin J
haemoglobin JCapetown
haemoglobin Kansas
haemoglobin Lepore
haemoglobin M
haemoglobin Portland
haemoglobin Rainier
haemoglobin S (current term)
haemoglobin SC disease
haemoglobin Yakima
haemoglobin electrophoresis
haemoglobinaemia
haemoglobinaemia paralytica
haemoglobinemia
haemoglobinocholia
haemoglobinolysis
haemoglobinometer
haemoglobinometers
haemoglobinometry
haemoglobinopathies
haemoglobinopathy
haemoglobinopepsia

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