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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard Van Wijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-03-01
Series:Thalassemia Reports
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/thal/article/view/1501