Sickle Cell Disease Ontology Project

Hemoglobin Barts

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An abnormal hemoglobin, composed of four gamma globin chains, causing it to have an extremely high affinity for oxygen, resulting in almost no oxygen delivery to the tissues.

Term info

curator note

Suggest update to description in HP as we have done., Additional info from the definition in HPO: "Hb Barts (Hemoglobin Barts) is a tetramer with four gamma globin chains, and is essentially pathognomonic for one or another form of alpha thalassemia. Hb Barts has an extremely high affinity for oxygen, resulting in almost no oxygen delivery to the tissues."

definition source

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0005507

existence in other ontologies

Suggest update to description

Hemoglobin Bart's, Haemoglobin Barts, Hb Bart's, Haemoglobin Bart's, Hb Barts

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