A case of congenital red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency associated with hereditary stomatocytosis

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-262

  Marcello, Anna Paola ^a   Vercellati, Cristina ^a   Fermo, Elisa ^a   Bianchi, Paola ^a   Zaninoni, Anna ^a   Barcellini, Wilma ^a   Zanella, Alberto ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GALLSTONE; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRUVATE KINASE DEFICIENCY; SPLENECTOMY; STOMATOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; PYRUVATE KINASE; SPLENECTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 53349146734     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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