Transient Unexplained Severe Acute Hyperbilirubinaemia and Cholestasis in a Patient With Hereditary Spherocytosis [PDF]
Case Reports in HepatologyHereditary spherocytosis is an inherited red cell membrane disorder resulting in haemolytic anaemia. Recognised clinical manifestations include anaemia, jaundice, splenomegaly and gallstones.
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a familial hemolytic disorder with marked heterogeneity of clinical features, ranging from an asymptomatic condition to a fulminant hemolytic anemia.
Meenakshi Kalyan +3 more
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Hereditary Spherocytosis [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2010 A 12-year-old girl was brought to the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B with diarrhoea. Incidentally, the parents provided a history of repeated episodes of pallor and jaundice since she was two and half years old. Three of her family members had similar problems.
Huq, Sayeeda +3 more
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Hereditary spherocytosis: Consequences of delayed diagnosis
SAGE Open Medicine, 2014 Objective: To determine whether patients with undiagnosed hereditary spherocytosis hospitalized for transfusions might have avoided hospitalization via earlier diagnosis. Study design: Charts of all (N = 30) patients with hereditary spherocytosis seen in
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IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS BY MEANS OF LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
Педиатрическая фармакология, 2014 Aim. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most commonly encountered erythrocyte membranopathy. Frequency of occurrence of the disease makes one case per 2000−5000 newborns.
Yu. A. Prokhorova +4 more
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Diagnostic power of laboratory tests for hereditary spherocytosis: a comparison study in 150 patients grouped according to molecular and clinical characteristics [PDF]
Haematologica, 2012 Background The laboratory diagnosis of hereditary spherocytosis commonly relies on NaCl-based or glycerol-based red cell osmotic fragility tests; more recently, an assay directly targeting the hereditary spherocytosis molecular defect (eosin-5′-maleimide-
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016 Background Hereditary spherocytosis is autosomal dominant inherited extravascular hemolytic disorder and is the commonest cause of inherited hemolysis in northern Europe and the United States.
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Clinical course of 63 children with hereditary spherocytosis: a retrospective study
Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2012 BACKGROUND: Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is an inherited hemolytic anemia that is caused by deficiency or dysfunction of erythrocyte cytoskeletal proteins.
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Is occlusive retinal vascular disease linked to hereditary spherocytosis postsplenectomy? A case series [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground To present two separate cases of occlusive retinal vascular disease with secondary cystoid macular edema in patients with a past medical history significant for hereditary spherocytosis and splenectomy.
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Post-splenectomy accessory spleen hyperfunction in children with hereditary spherocytosis: a rare case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsObjectiveTo enhance the understanding of splenectomy in children with hereditary spherocytosis, specifically focusing on the preservation of accessory spleens or partial splenectomy.MethodsA retrospective review of clinical data and surgical methods of a
Yuan-fei He +4 more
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