Diagnosis and epidemiology of red blood cell enzyme disorders
The red blood cell possess an active metabolic machinery that provides the cell with energy to pump ions against electrochemical gradients, to maintain its shape, to keep hemoglobin iron in the reduced (ferrous) form, and to maintain enzyme and hemoglobin sulfhydryl groups. The main source of metabo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-03-01
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Series: | Thalassemia Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/thal/article/view/1501 |