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Sparing effect of hemoglobin F and hemoglobin A2 on the polymerization of hemoglobin S at physiologic ligand saturations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jun 1993
Poillon W N, Kim B C, Rodgers G P, Noguchi C T, Schechter A N
Abstract excerpt
Recent interest in therapies for sickle cell anemia based on elevating fetal Hb has made accurate estimates of the sparing effect of fetal Hb (Hb F) and other non-sickle Hbs on sickle Hb (Hb S) polymerization essential. We have developed a technique, using HbCO as surrogate for HbO2, that enables us to assess the solubility of Hb S as a function of ligand saturation under conditions that mimic those of the...
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