Hereditary red cell membrane defects: Diagnostic and clinical aspects

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-277

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

^a Institute of Dermatological Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIDIFIED GLYCEROL LYSIS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GLYCEROL LYSIS TEST; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HEREDITARY OVALOCYTOSIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SODIUM CHLORIDE OSMOTIC FRAGILITY TEST; STOMATOCYTOSIS;

ELLIPTOCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 79960695890     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2011.0086-10     Document Type: Review

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