Diagnosis and Treatment Archive
Abnormal Haptoglobin
 
What is a haptoglobin test?

To understand this test, you must first know what haptoglobin is. Haptoglobin is a protein in the blood that binds to free hemoglobin.

Click here to learn more about haptoglobin.

Click here to learn more about the haptoglobin test, including how it is performed.

 

What does it mean to have abnormal haptoglobin?

Click here for more information about the normal value of haptoglobin and what abnormal test results may indicate.

 

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Science Links

What is blood?

This link has good information on what blood is made up of and the functions it serves in the body.