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Variant type of congenital stomatocytosis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Feb 1994
Morita H, Wada H, Tsujinoue H, Kurioka T, Ueno Y, Shichikawa K, Amano H, Higo I, Kanzaki A, Yawata Y
Abstract excerpt
A 52-year-old female with congenital stomatocytosis showed hemolytic anemia, an increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), reticulocytosis and an increased osmotic fragility. Lipid and protein content of membranes, the activities of membrane-associated enzymes in erythrocytes and the elution pattern of hemoglobin were normal. Erythrocyte Na+ influx was...
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