HEREDITARY spherocytosis with its associated congenital hemolytic anemia is generally easily recognized and satisfactorily treated with splenectomy. A rarer group of congenital hemolytic anemias, ...

To assess the effects of plant sterol or stanol ester consumption on their incorporation into erythrocytes and their effects on osmotic fragility of red blood cells. Plant sterols and stanols are ...

The addition of lead to normal human blood was previously found to cause a decrease in erythrocyte osmotic fragility in vitro. The mechanism of the decreased osmotic fragility caused by lead has not ...

Your doctor will usually check your red blood cell count together with your other blood cell counts to look for conditions that cause low counts (anemia) or high counts. Many health conditions can ...

Inflammation enhances the secretion of sphingomyelinases (SMases). SMases catalyze the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin into phosphocholine and ceramide. In erythrocytes, ceramide formation leads to ...