A hemoglobin electrophoresis test is a blood test used to measure and identify the different types of hemoglobin in your bloodstream. Hemoglobin is the protein inside red blood cells responsible for ...

Sickle cell beta-thalassemia refers to an inherited condition that impacts hemoglobin. People with the condition have different changes in each copy of their hemoglobin gene. One causes red blood ...

Acanthocyte Erythrocyte identified by numerous spiny cytoplasmic projections; similar to a Burr cell Acanthocytosis, condition in which the majority of erythrocytes are acanthocytes. Anemia Deficiency ...

The light is absorbed differently by oxygen-rich hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) and oxygen-deficient hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin). By measuring changes in the intensities of reflected or transmitted light ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...

Among previously untreated adults with Gaucher disease type 1, a genetic disease in which there is improper metabolism due to a defect in an enzyme, treatment with the drug eliglustat resulted in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among healthy middle-aged and older women, the hemoglobin A1c level -- a measure of blood sugar control -- is an independent predictor of type 2 diabetes, a study shows.