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Hereditary elliptocytosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Overview: Hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) and its variants are congenital hemolytic disorders in which erythrocytes are either elongated into a cigar or oval shape or are poikilocytic and bizarrely shaped.1 Its transmission has usually been described as ... ... Hereditary elliptocytosis clinical presentation widely varies.
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Overview: Hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) encompasses inherited disorders of erythrocytes that have the common feature of elliptical RBCs on morphologic examination and shortened RBC survival. These disorders are clinically, genetically, and biochemically heterogeneous. ... Spherocytic elliptocytosis...
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Elliptocytosis affects about 1 in every 4,000-5,000 people. It is most common in people of African and Mediterranean descent. You are more likely to develop this condition if someone in your family has had it.
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Elliptocytosis is a hereditary disorder of the red blood cells (RBCs). In this condition, the RBCs assume an elliptical shape, rather than the typical round shape. ... Updated by: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at...
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In 1956 Newton Morton brilliantly showed that there were at least 2 forms of elliptocytosis, one form linked to the Rh blood group and another form not linked to Rh (now known to be on chromosome 1). The Rh-linked form, called EL1, in is due to a mutation in erythrocyte membrane protein 4.1. Forms of elliptocytosis...
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Hereditary elliptocytosis Information from Drugs.com ... Elliptocytosis affects about 1 in every 4,000-5,000 people. It is most common in people of African and Mediterranean descent. You are more likely to develop this condition if someone in your family has had it.
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Hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis are congenital RBC membrane disorders. Symptoms, generally milder in hereditary elliptocytosis, include variable degrees of anemia, jaundice, and splenomegaly.
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