Approximately 90 haemoglobinopathies have been identified that result in abnormally high oxygen affinity. One of these is haemoglobinopathy York (HbY), first described in 1976. HbY causes an extreme leftward shift of the oxygen dissociation curve with the P50 value changing to - mmHg (normal value mmHg), indicating that approximately half of the haemoglobin is not available as oxygen carrier. |