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- noun pathology A medical condition in which the
red blood cells are globularspheres , rather than having the normalbiconvex shape, and are therefore more prone to physicaldegradation , leading tohemolytic anemia .
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I recently had the opportunity to spend some quality time (defined as a clearly delineated period) with my sister and her family, which consists of a husband and a brilliant 5-year-old daughter with spherocytosis and lifelong eating issues (ie, beyond the usual pre-school reluctance to try new foods and a devotion to ritual that would put an ancient Roman high priestess to shame.)
Archive 2009-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2009
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I recently had the opportunity to spend some quality time (defined as a clearly delineated period) with my sister and her family, which consists of a husband and a brilliant 5-year-old daughter with spherocytosis and lifelong eating issues (ie, beyond the usual pre-school reluctance to try new foods and a devotion to ritual that would put an ancient Roman high priestess to shame.)
Family Fun 1 Dinosaur 2009
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Andy and I continued the spherocytosis studies, establishing that the level of spectrin deficiency correlated with the clinical severity of the disease in new reports published in Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine.
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On the other hand, those whose ancestors came to the US via Europe are more vunerable to hereditary spherocytosis, cystic fibrosis, and skin cancer.
The Census Starts Debate on the New Racial Categories for 2010 2006
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Campbell McMillan, a UNC pediatric hematologist, had identified two little girls in his clinic with an extreme form of hereditary spherocytosis, a disorder of red cell shape causing increased fragility.
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They discovered that these deformed cells display less flexibility in their membranes, a finding that could provide insight into mechanics and treatment of diseases that affect RBC shape, such as malaria, sickle-cell disease and spherocytosis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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When Garstecki was just 3 years old, his family learned he had spherocytosis, a rare blood disease.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Just as you can post to either this group or to the discussion forums in general diabetes topics to see if anyone in the community has spherocytosis.
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They discovered that these deformed cells display less flexibility in their membranes, a finding that could provide insight into mechanics and treatment of diseases that affect RBC shape, such as malaria, sickle-cell disease and spherocytosis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They discovered that these deformed cells display less flexibility in their membranes, a finding that could provide insight into mechanics and treatment of diseases that affect RBC shape, such as malaria, sickle-cell disease and spherocytosis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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