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congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia 5

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A congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the HK1 gene, which encodes a form of hexokinase, on chromosome 10q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Jaundice
  • Reduced erythrocyte hexokinase activity
  • Nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia
  • Hyperbilirubinemia
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Reticulocytosis
  • Normochromic anemia
  • Splenomegaly
  • Normocytic anemia