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==Overview==
== Overview ==
An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].
[[Detection]] of [[Howell-Jolly bodies]] in [[peripheral blood smear]], is [[diagnostic]] of [[asplenia]], [[Pitted erythrocytes]] in [[blood smear]] [[increases]], Presence of [[target cells]] in the [[peripheral blood smear]], [[Thrombocytosis]].
 
OR
 
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include [abnormal test 1], [abnormal test 2], and [abnormal test 3].
 
OR
 
[Test] is usually normal for patients with [disease name].
 
OR
 
Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].
 
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There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].


==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
 
*[[Detection]] of [[Howell-Jolly bodies]] in [[peripheral blood smear]], is [[diagnostic]] of [[asplenia]].<ref name="pmid21474172">{{cite journal| author=Di Sabatino A, Carsetti R, Corazza GR| title=Post-splenectomy and hyposplenic states. | journal=Lancet | year= 2011 | volume= 378 | issue= 9785 | pages= 86-97 | pmid=21474172 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61493-6 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21474172  }} </ref>
There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with [disease name].
*[[Pitted erythrocytes]] in [[blood smear]] [[increases]].
 
*[[Thrombocytosis]] <ref name="pmid20846672">{{cite journal| author=Mahlaoui N, Minard-Colin V, Picard C, Bolze A, Ku CL, Tournilhac O | display-authors=etal| title=Isolated congenital asplenia: a French nationwide retrospective survey of 20 cases. | journal=J Pediatr | year= 2011 | volume= 158 | issue= 1 | pages= 142-8, 148.e1 | pmid=20846672 | doi=10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.07.027 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20846672  }} </ref>
OR
*Presence of [[target cells]] in the [[peripheral blood smear]].
 
An elevated/reduced concentration of serum/blood/urinary/CSF/other [lab test] is diagnostic of [disease name].
 
OR
 
[Test] is usually normal among patients with [disease name].
 
OR
 
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [disease name] include:
*[Abnormal test 1]
*[Abnormal test 2]
*[Abnormal test 3]
 
OR
 
Some patients with [disease name] may have elevated/reduced concentration of [test], which is usually suggestive of [progression/complication].


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]

Overview

Detection of Howell-Jolly bodies in peripheral blood smear, is diagnostic of asplenia, Pitted erythrocytes in blood smear increases, Presence of target cells in the peripheral blood smear, Thrombocytosis.

Laboratory Findings

References

  1. Di Sabatino A, Carsetti R, Corazza GR (2011). "Post-splenectomy and hyposplenic states". Lancet. 378 (9785): 86–97. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61493-6. PMID 21474172.
  2. Mahlaoui N, Minard-Colin V, Picard C, Bolze A, Ku CL, Tournilhac O; et al. (2011). "Isolated congenital asplenia: a French nationwide retrospective survey of 20 cases". J Pediatr. 158 (1): 142–8, 148.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.07.027. PMID 20846672.

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