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Haptoglobin

Aka: Haptoglobin

Normal
1. Range: 50-220 mg/dl
2. Acute phase reactant
Increased
1. Inflammation
2. Collagen-Vascular Disease
3. Infection
4. Androgens
Decreased
1. Hemolysis (intravascular)
2. Megaloblastic Anemia
3. Severe liver disease
4. Large hematomas
5. Epstein Bar Virus (EBV)
6. Cytomegalovirus
7. Oral Contraceptives

Haptoglobins (C0018595)
Definition (CSP)	a blood glycoprotein found in the alpha globulin fraction which binds free hemoglobin.
Definition (MSH)	Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with hemoglobin to aid the recycling of heme iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16.
Concepts	Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein (T116) , Biologically Active Substance (T123)
MSH	D006242
SnomedCT	85294008
English	Haptoglobin, Haptoglobins, Haptoglobin, NOS, haptoglobin, Haptoglobins [Chemical/Ingredient], haptoglobins, Hp - Haptoglobin, Haptoglobin (substance)
Swedish	Haptoglobiner
Czech	haptoglobiny
Finnish	Haptoglobiinit
Italian	Aptoglobina, Aptoglobine
Russian	GAPTOGLOBINY, ГАПТОГЛОБИНЫ
Japanese	ハプトグロビン
French	Haptoglobines
Croatian	HAPTOGLOBINI
Polish	Haptoglobiny
Spanish	haptoglobina (sustancia), haptoglobina, Haptoglobinas
German	Haptoglobine
Portuguese	Haptoglobinas
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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This page was written by Scott Moses, MD, last revised on 10/21/2007 and last published on 2/5/2012.

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