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Characterization of hereditary red blood cell membranopathies using combined targeted next-generation sequencing and osmotic gradient ektacytometry.
International journal of hematology - 1 Feb 2021
Vives-Corrons Joan-Lluis, Krishnevskaya Elena, Rodriguez Ines Hernandez, Ancochea Agueda
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary red blood cell (RBC) membranopathies are characterized by mutations in genes encoding skeletal proteins that alter the membrane complex structure. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most common inherited RBC membranopathy leading to hereditary hemolytic anemia with a worldwide distribution and an estimated prevalence, in Europe, of about 1:2000 individuals. The recent availability of targeted next...
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