Familial erythrocytosis

Oxygen affinity increases hemoglobin. Due to changes in the amino acid composition of hemoglobin, hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen is increased, oxygen released to tissues is reduced, and tissue hypoxia causes compensatory erythrocytosis. This disease is a genetic disease. disease.

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