A case of hereditary xerocytosis diagnosed as a result of suspected hypoglycemia and observed low glycohemoglobin

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-30

  Jokinen, Chris H ^a   Swaim, William R ^c   Nuttall, Frank Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

GlycoHb; glycohemoglobin; Hb; HbA 1C; HbA 2; hemoglobin; hemoglobin A 1C; hemoglobin A 2; MCHC; MCV; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; mean corpuscular volume; RBC; red blood cell

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; FLUOXETINE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEREDITARY XEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OSMOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETICULOCYTOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL NONSPHEROCYTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RETICULOCYTES;

EID: 3142538619     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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