THE PROBLEM OF RECESSIVE HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS (HS)
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The molecular lesion of hereditary spherocytosis (HS): a continuing enigma.
V ERY FEW, if any, abnormalities of the human erythrocyte have been studied with such diligence as those associated with hereditary spherocytosis (HS). Not only has the small, round, densely staining spherocyte provided a long-recognized morphologic benchmark, but its inordinate susceptibility to lysis in hypotonic saline has been clearly documented for 75 years.’ Forty years ago, Haden (cited ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199906000-00275