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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobins, Abnormal > Hemoglobin E
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Globins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobins, Abnormal > Hemoglobin E

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Hemoglobin E  

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Note

  • /urine: coordinate with HEMOGLOBINURIA

Scope note

  • An abnormal hemoglobin that results from the substitution of lysine for glutamic acid at position 26 of the beta chain. It is most frequently observed in southeast Asian populations.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006446

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