Hereditary spherocytosis differential diagnosis

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Overview

Hereditary spherocytosis usually presents with hemolysis, therefore should be differentiated from other diseases including; autoimmune hemolysis, thermal injury, clostridial septicemia, wilson disease, hemoglobinopathies, hereditary stomatocytosis, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II, infantile pyknocytosis and hemolytic disease of fetus and newborn (HDFN).

Differential diagnosis

References

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