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Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention
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Hemolytic anemia
Alternative names:
anemia - hemolytic; aplastic anemia; hemoglobin SC disease; sickle thalassemia
Symptoms:
Signs and tests:
These are test for hemolysis (red blood cell destruction). There are specific tests which identify the specific types of hemolytic anemia; they are performed after hemolysis has been established. Direct measurement of the red cell life span by isotopic tagging techniques shows a decreased life span.
This disease may also alter the following test results:
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