hereditary elliptocytosis
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hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary ovalocytosis Hematology An AD condition, affecting ±1:2500 of the general population; 15% of the RBCs are ovoid; hemolysis is uncommon, but severe in 5%McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Hereditary elliptocytosis: spectrin and protein 4.1 R.
Hereditary elliptocytosis is caused by mutations in in structural components of the erythrocyte cell membrane.
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hereditary elliptocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
Hereditary spherocytosis RBC spectrin RBC ankyrin
Hereditary elliptocytosis RBC spectrin Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis RBC spectrin Hemolytic anemia - Glucose- G-6-PD 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency Hereditary nonspherocytic PDH hemolytic anemia - Pyruvate kinase deficiency Porphyrias Various genes encoding enzymes of the heme biosynthesis pathway
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