hemoglobin A

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hemoglobin A

[′hē·mə‚glō·bən ′ā]

(biochemistry)

The type of hemoglobin found in normal adults, which moves as a single component in an electrophoretic field, is rapidly denatured by highly alkaline solutions, and contains two titratable sulfhydryl groups per molecule.

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1c] value without warning that the patients appeared to not have any Hb A.

Unintended Reporting of Misleading Hb [A.sub.1c] Values When Using Assays Incapable of Detecting Hemoglobin Variants

On acid electrophoresis, the two hemoglobin variants, however, had mobilities identical to Hb A but not Hb C.

HPLC retention time as a diagnostic tool for hemoglobin variants and hemoglobinopathies: a study of 60 000 samples in a clinical diagnostic laboratory

Its identity was inferred from the analysis of a patient who had been diagnosed to be Hb EE (or Hb E-[beta][degrees]-thalassemia), with only Hb E and no Hb A, MCV = 65.

Hb [E.sub.1c] as an indicator for the presence of Hb AE phenotype in diabetic patients

Hb A and Hb S concentrations were corrected for small unknown peaks (glycosylated Hbs and degradation peaks) with the following formula: Hb [S.