Novel exon 2 α spectrin mutation and intragenic crossover: three morphological phenotypes associated with four distinct α spectrin defects

Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis is a severe hemolytic anemia caused by spectrin deficiency and defective spectrin dimer self-association, typically found in African populations. We describe two Utah families of northern European ancestry including 2 propositi with atypical non-microcytic hereditary py...

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Main Authors: Sabina Swierczek, Archana M. Agarwal, Kubendran Naidoo, Felipe R. Lorenzo, Jonathan Whisenant, Roberto H. Nussenzveig, Neeraj Agarwal, Theresa L. Coetzer, Josef T. Prchal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2013-12-01
Series:Haematologica
Online Access:https://haematologica.org/article/view/6874