Heinz-body Anaemia Due to Dapsone

Congenital Heinz-body haemolytic anaemia due to haemoglobin Hammersmith.

Haemoglobin (g) ND 7-5 7-6 7-6 PCV 20 29 23 29 Plasma free Hb (mg/100 ml) 241 141 5 6 Bleeding time 14 6 4 1 Clotting time No clot 8 5-5 2 Haemolysins 3± + Serum bilirubin (mg/100 ml) 4-0 4-8 1-3 0-6 Urine volume/24 hr (ml) 97

Heinz body anaemia in lambs with deficiencies of copper or selenium.

1. The progression of Heinz body anaemia was studied in groups of lambs of low- and high-copper status, produced through breeding or Cu supplementation, when they were transferred from improved pasture to rape (Brassica napus L.) in autumn. Some lambs had previously received selenium by injection. The Cu and Se supplements markedly increased superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1; SOD) and glutathio...

Heinz body anaemia in two dogs after Catalan spring onion (“calcot”) ingestion: a case reports

Catalan spring onions, or “calcots”, are a very popular kind of vegetables obtained by special agronomic practices that avoid photosynthesis and subsequent metabolism by the Allium cepa plants. They have been considered for more than a century harmless for pets, as pleasant odour and sweet taste differ so largely from any other onion that can be ingested by children and adults in huge quantitie...

Hereditary Heinz-body Anaemia, Thrombocytopenia, and Haemoglobinopathy (hb Koeln) in a Glasgow Family.

Heinz Body Phenomenon in Erythrocytes

MONG the early investigators of hemolytic substances were Casper and Hoppe’ who in 1859 observed the brown coloration of blood due to nitrobenzene. Since then there has been a continued interest in the action of such toxic materials on the formed elements of the blood. The accelerated development of synthetic organic chemistry during the latter half of the i9th Century created numerous industri...