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Characteristic features of the genotype and phenotype of hereditary spherocytosis in the Japanese population.
International journal of hematology - 1 Feb 2000
Yawata Y, Kanzaki A, Yawata A, Doerfler W, Ozcan R, Eber S W
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most common hemolytic anemia of congenital origin in the Japanese population. Among 844 cases of 520 kindred with congenital red cell membrane disorders studied at the Kawasaki Medical School in the last 25 years (1975-1999), 407 cases (48.2%) of 215 kindred had HS. Among the recent 60 kindred with HS, autosomal dominant (AD) transmission was proven in 19. The remaining 41...
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