A family with red cell pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase deficiency
I Ben-Bassat, F Brok-Simoni, G Kende, F Holtzmann and B Ramot
Congenital hemolytic anemia associated with pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase
deficiency is reported in two siblings. Both have had moderate chronic
hemolytic anemia, splenomegaly, and jaundice since early infancy. The
peripheral blood smear is characterized by striking red cell basophilic
stippling. As this feature has been found in all previously reported cases,
it should be the clue to the diagnosis.
Volume 47,
Issue 6,
pp. 919-922,
06/01/1976
Copyright © 1976 by The American Society of Hematology