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Red cell ektacytometry in two patients with chronic hemolytic anemia and three new α-spectrin variants.
Annals of hematology - 1 Mar 2022
Vives-Corrons Joan-Lluis, Krishnevskaya Elena, Hernández-Rodriguez Inés, Payán-Pernia Salvador, Sevilla Ángel F Remacha, Badell Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Red blood cell (RBC) morphology is, in general, the key diagnostic feature for hereditary spherocytosis (HS) and hereditary elliptocytosis (HE). However, in hereditary pyropoikilocytosis (HPP), the severe clinical form of HE, the morphological diagnosis is difficult due to the presence of a RBC morphological picture characterized by a mixture of elliptocytes, spherocytes, tear-drop cells, and fragmented cells....
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