“… dextran progressively lowered the C sat of deoxyHb S. With 12 g/dl dextran, a 5-fold decrease in apparentC sat(“dextran-C sat”) was … proportionality with the standardC sat when assessing the effects of non-S Hb admixtures (A, C, and F) or polymerization inhibitors (alkylureas or phenylalanine).”