acidified serum test

  • 1acidified serum test — (for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria) the patient s washed red cells are incubated at 37°C in acidified normal serum or the patient s acidified serum; after centrifugation the supernatant is examined colorimetrically for hemolysis. In… …

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  • 2test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 3Ham test — (ham) [Thomas Hale Ham, American physician, 1905–1987] acidified serum test …

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  • 4Ham test — acidified serum t …

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  • 5paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria — n a form of hemolytic anemia that is characterized by an abnormally strong response to the action of complement, by acute episodes of hemolysis esp. at night with hemoglobinuria noted upon urination after awakening, venous occlusion, and often… …

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  • 6Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type iv — (CDA IV) has been described with typical morphologic features of CDA II but a negative acidified serum test.[1] Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type iv Classification and external resources ICD 10 D64.4 ICD 9 …

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  • 7congenital dyserythropoietic anemia — any of several rare hereditary anemias, mostly types of macrocytic anemia, characterized by nuclear anomalies of the erythrocytes, such as multinuclearity, karyorrhexis, or macrocytosis. The most common type (called also HEMPAS) is an autosomal… …

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  • 8Neutropenia — Classification and external resources Blood film with a striking absence of neutrophils, leaving only red blood cells and platelets ICD 10 D …

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  • 9Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II — (CDA II), or HEMPAS is a rare genetic anaemia in humans characterized by hereditary erythroblastic multinuclearity with positive acidified serum lysis test.[1] Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II Classification and external resources ICD… …

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  • 10protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …

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