Hereditary Spherocytosis: Overview; Complications, Managements, Treatments

by Eman Refaat Youness, Nabila A. El- Laithy, Safaa M. Morsy

Hereditary spherocytosis is an abnormality of red blood cells, or erythrocytes. The disorder is caused by mutations in genes relating to membrane proteins that allow for the erythrocytes to change shape. The abnormal erythrocytes are sphere-shaped (spherocytosis) rather than the normal biconcave disk shaped. Dysfunctional membrane proteins are observed as well and interfere with the cell's ability to be flexible to travel from the arteries to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6138924738
• ISBN13: 9786138924739
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"