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Haptoglobin
- Normal
- Range: 50-220 mg/dl
- Acute phase reactant
- Increased
- Inflammation
- Collagen-Vascular Disease
- Infection
- Androgens
- Decreased
- Hemolysis (intravascular)
- Megaloblastic Anemia
- Severe liver disease
- Large hematomas
- Epstein Bar Virus (EBV)
- Cytomegalovirus
- Oral Contraceptives
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| 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. |
| Definition (CSP) | a blood glycoprotein found in the alpha globulin fraction which binds free hemoglobin. |
| Concepts | Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein (T116)
, Biologically Active Substance (T123)
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| English | Haptoglobin, Haptoglobins |
| Spanish | haptoglobina |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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