Article
Southeast Asian ovalocytosis in White persons.
Hemoglobin - 1 Feb 1999
Schischmanoff P O, Cynober T, Miélot F, Leclerc L, Vasseur-Godbillon C, Baudin-Creuza V, Magowan C, Yeung J, Mohandas N, Tchernia G, Delaunay J
Abstract excerpt
We describe two White persons, a girl and her mother, presenting with Southeast Asian ovalocytosis. The child was evaluated for scoliosis. The red cell indices were normal but the cell counter triggered an alarm due to a high fraction of hyperdense red cells. Blood smears showed ovalocytes and ovalostomatocytes. Red cells exhibited a total lack of deformability upon osmotic gradient ektacytometry performed...
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