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Medicina: Ematologia: Talassemie e trapianto del midollo osseo
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| hb portland (en.) |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun syntagm
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| Grammatical label |
Countable
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| Variant |
Portland Hemoglobin
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| Definition |
e and z globin chains build Gower 1 Hemoglobin (z2 e2). When the synthesis of a and g globin chains starts, other kinds of hemoglobin are created: Hb Portland (z2 g2) and Gower 2 (a2 e2).
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| Definition source |
Expert
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| Context |
The adult heterozygotes display low RBC indices, normal Hb Portland, and increased HbF.
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| Context source |
Loukopoulos, D. (1991). ‘Thalassemia: genotypes and phenotypes’. Annals of Hematology 62(4):85-94. Review. (RISCEN96)
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| Subject field |
Haemopoiesis
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| Generic concept |
Globin chain, globin, hemoglobin
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| Coordinate concept |
Hb Gower 1, Hb Gower 2, HbA, HbA2, HbF
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Hb Portland (It.)
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| Reliability code |
3
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