Measurement of Hemoglobin Synthesis Rate
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Jacqueline M. Hibbert; George B. Sutherland Jr.; Luther L. Wright Jr.; Luke G. W
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We developed a method to measure hemoglobin synthesis rate (SynHb) in humans, assuming that free glycine in the red blood cell (RBC) represents free glycine in bone marrow for hemoglobin synthesis. The present rat study examines this assumption of the method and quantifies SynHb in rats. Sprague-Daw