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Summary

Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis was originally described by Zarkowsky et al. (1975) as a distinct hemolytic anemia characterized by microspherocytosis, poikilocytosis, and an unusual thermal sensitivity of red cells. HPP is a subset of hereditary elliptocytosis (see 611804) due to homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in spectrin leading to severe disruption of spectrin self-association (review by An and Mohandas, 2008). [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: EL2, HPP, HS3, SPH3, SPTA, SPTA1
    Summary: spectrin alpha, erythrocytic 1

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