"Hemoglobin A2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An adult hemoglobin component normally present in hemolysates from human erythrocytes in concentrations of about 3%. The hemoglobin is composed of two alpha chains and two delta chains. The percentage of HbA2 varies in some hematologic disorders, but is about double in beta-thalassemia.
| Descriptor ID |
D006443
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.400.405.450 D12.776.422.316.762.380.450
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Griffin PJ, Sebastiani P, Edward H, Baldwin CT, Gladwin MT, Gordeuk VR, Chui DH, Steinberg MH. The genetics of hemoglobin A2 regulation in sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Nov; 89(11):1019-23.