Article
Molecular heterogeneity of pyruvate kinase deficiency.
Haematologica - 1 Sept 2020
Bianchi Paola, Fermo Elisa
Abstract excerpt
Red cell pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is the most common glycolytic defect associated with congenital non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia. The disease, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, is caused by mutations in the PKLR gene and is characterized by molecular and clinical heterogeneity; anemia ranges from mild or fully compensated hemolysis to life-threatening forms necessitating neonatal exchange...
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