Saturday, 3 November 2012

Fetal haemoglobin


Fetal haemoglobin

(a) forms 60% of circulating haemoglobin at birth
(b) is normally replaced by haemoglobin A (HbA) within
6–9 months
(c) has a sigmoid-shaped dissociation curve
(d) has a greater oxygen content at any given PO2 than adult
haemoglobin
(e) binds 2,3-DPG more avidly than HbA


(a) false (b) false (c) true (d) true (e) false

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