Configuration of the hemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve demystified: A basic mathematical proof for medical and biological sciences undergraduates

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-201

  Leow, Melvin Khee Shing ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Horizontal asymptote; Point of inflexion; Sigmoidal curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250345725     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00012.2007     Document Type: Article

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