- hemoglobin Yakima
- an abnormal hemoglobin in which histidine is substituted for aspartic acid at position 99 of the β chain; it has increased oxygen affinity and is associated with polycythemia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hemoglobin Yakima
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