Conditions / Genetic

hereditary pyropoikilocytosis

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A hemolytic anemia characterized by microspherocytosis, poikilocytosis, and an unusual thermal sensitivity of red cells that has_material_basis_in mutation in the alpha-spectrin or the beta-spectrin gene.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elliptocytosis
  • Hemolytic anemia
  • Pyropoikilocytosis
  • Microspherocytosis

Also known as: HPP