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Hereditary Spherocytosis

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Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a common inherited hemolytic anemia caused by abnormalities in spectrin, or in other proteins involved in the structural integrity and function of spectrin, such as ankyrin and protein 4.2, among others.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, 100 N. Academy Av. MC 13-20, Danville, PA, 17822, USA

    Jeffrey S. Taylor MD, MS

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Christopher P. Coppola

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr.

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Ronald J. Scorpio

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Taylor, J.S. (2014). Hereditary Spherocytosis. In: Coppola, C., Kennedy, Jr., A., Scorpio, R. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_52

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