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Review
. 1996 Apr;55(7):443-8.

Modified haemoglobins as oxygen-transporting blood substitutes

A Mallick  1 , A R Bodenham
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  • PMID: 8730571
Review

Modified haemoglobins as oxygen-transporting blood substitutes

A Mallick et al. Br J Hosp Med. 1996 Apr.

Abstract

Haemoglobin solutions have been developed as red cell substitutes from various sources, e.g. outdated human blood, and bovine and recombinant haemoglobins. Haemoglobins have been modified to reduce their high oxygen affinity, oncotic activity and to prolong their intravascular half-life. Aside from oxygen carriage, modified haemoglobin solutions have other interesting properties, including vasopressor effects and improvements in regional blood flow.

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