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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for Elliptocytosis
  1. Hereditary elliptocytosis 
    Hereditary elliptocytosis is a disorder passed down through families in which the red blood cells are abnormally shaped. It ... Elliptocytosis affects about 1 in every 2,500 people of northern European heritage. It is more common ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000563.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Red blood cells - elliptocytosis (image) 
    Elliptocytosis is a hereditary disorder of the red blood cells (RBCs). In this condition, the RBCs assume ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1219.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Hereditary ovalocytosis 
    ... of round. It is a form of hereditary elliptocytosis . ... 2018:chap 45. Merguerian MD, Gallagher PG. Hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, and related disorders. In: Kliegman RM, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000566.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Blood smear 
    ... oval shape may be a sign of hereditary elliptocytosis or hereditary ovalocytosis . These are conditions in which ... 2020:chap 124. Merguerian MD, Gallagher PG. Hereditary elliptocytosis, hereditary pyropoikilocytosis, and related disorders. In: Kliegman RM, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003665.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Your Guide to Anemia From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF  
    Anemia/Start Here ... Anemia ... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ... YOUR GUIDE TO ANEMIA, prevent, treat, control. ... PDF ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/...urGuidetoAnemia_Booklet_RELEASE_508.pdf - External Health Links
  6. Blood Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your blood is living tissue made up of liquid and solids. The liquid part, called plasma, is made of water, salts and protein. Over half of your blood is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/blooddisorders.html - Health Topics
  7. Genetic Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Genes are the building blocks of heredity. They are passed from parent to child. They hold DNA, the instructions for making proteins. Proteins do most of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/geneticdisorders.html - Health Topics
  8. Spleen removal 
    ... ITP), hereditary spherocytosis , thalassemia, hemolytic anemia , and hereditary elliptocytosis . These are all rare conditions. Hypersplenism (overactive spleen). ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002944.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Ovalocytosis (image) 
    ... that produce abnormally shaped RBCs include spherocytosis and elliptocytosis.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1482.htm - Medical Encyclopedia