Hemoglobin S in Eti-Turks and the Allewits in Lebanon.
1961
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007861
Lebanon
A country located in the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria. The capital is Beirut.
Lebanese Republic
D006451
Hemoglobin, Sickle
An abnormal hemoglobin resulting from the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 6 of the beta chain of the globin moiety. The heterozygous state results in sickle cell trait, the homozygous in sickle cell anemia.
The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements.