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Thalassemia

Next stop along our journey through the hereditary hemolytic anemias is a group of disorders called the thalassemias. Remember when we talked about sickle cell anemia? (more…)

Tumor cell differentiation

Here’s a good question that gets at a concept you should understand: tumor cell differentiation. (more…)

HIT vs. HAT

Here’s a good question about two entities that sound the same (but aren’t).

Q. What is the difference between heparin associated thrombocytopenia (HAT) and heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? (more…)

Here’s a disorder that’s very similar to hereditary spherocytosis: hereditary elliptocytosis. Patients with this disorder have numerous elliptocytes (as the name says) rather than spherocytes – but many of the features of the two diseases are similar. (more…)