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Pyruvate kinase deficient hemolytic anemia in the Northern Irish population.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Percy M J, van Wijk R, Haggan S, Savage G A, Boyd K, Dempsey S, Hamilton J, Kettle P, Kyle A, Shepherd C W, van Solinge W W, Lappin T R J, McMullin M F
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A common cause of hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia is pyruvate kinase deficiency, which is associated with lifelong chronic hemolysis. Pyruvate kinase deficiency has a worldwide distribution with a higher prevalence in the Caucasian population, and especially in Europe and North America. It is inherited in an autosomal fashion and over 180 different mutations have been described. Investigation of...
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