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Cooley's Legacy Endures-Elliptocytes in X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia Due to Aminolevulinate Synthase 2 Mutations.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Jun 2026
Ciurej Alex, Savaşan Süreyya, Bhambhani Kanta, Gadgeel Manisha, Rajpurkar Madhvi, Ravindranath Yaddanapudi
Abstract excerpt
X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA) is categorized as hypochromic microcytic anemia. In 3 children with XLSA, we observed prominent elliptocytosis, and red cell band 3 content histograms were similar to those found in hereditary elliptocytosis, thus validating Cooley's descriptions in 1945.
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