hereditary spherocytosis

  • 1hereditary spherocytosis — n a disorder of red blood cells that is inherited as a dominant trait and is characterized by anemia, small thick fragile spherocytes which are extremely susceptible to hemolysis, enlargement of the spleen, reticulocytosis, and mild jaundice * *… …

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  • 2Hereditary spherocytosis — This article is about aspects of spherocytosis specific to the hereditary form of the disorder. For details that apply generally to this variant as well as others, see Spherocytosis. Hereditary spherocytosis Classification and external resources… …

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  • 3Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) — A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen). In HS the red cells are smaller, rounder, and more fragile than normal. The red cells have a… …

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  • 4hereditary spherocytosis — ▪ disease       congenital blood disorder (blood disease) characterized by an enlarged spleen, spherical (rather than disk shaped) red blood cells (erythrocyte) of variable size and increased fragility of cell membrane, and a chronic, mild… …

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  • 5HS (hereditary spherocytosis) — A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen). In HS the red cells are smaller, rounder, and more fragile than normal. The red cells have a… …

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  • 6Hereditary elliptocytosis — Classification and external resources Blood smear showing elliptocytes ICD 10 D …

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  • 7Spherocytosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 12289 ICD10 = ICD10|D|58|0|d|55 ICD9 = ICD9|282.0 ICDO = OMIM = 182900 OMIM mul = OMIM2|270970 MedlinePlus = 000530 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2147 MeshID = Spherocytosis is an auto …

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  • 8Spherocytosis, hereditary (HS) — A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen). In HS the red cells are smaller, rounder, and more fragile than normal. The red cells have a… …

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  • 9spherocytosis — Presence of sphere shaped red blood cells in the blood. SYN: microspherocytosis. [spherocyte + G. osis, condition] hereditary s. [MIM*182900] a congenital defect of spectrin [MIM*182860], the main component of the …

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  • 10spherocytosis — n. the presence in the blood of abnormally shaped red cells (spherocytes). Spherocytosis may occur as a hereditary disorder (hereditary spherocytosis) or in certain haemolytic anaemias …

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