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Dresbach's anaemia
Also known as:
Anémie, maladie ou syndrome de Dresbach (French)
Dresbach's disease
Dresbach's syndrome
Associated persons:
Melvin Dresbach
James Bryan Herrick
Description:
A haematological disorder characterized by the presence of elliptical erythrocytes in the blood. Five clinical subgroups are recognized.
See also Herrick's syndrome, or sickle cell anaemia, under James Bryan Herrick, American physician, 1861-1954
Bibliography:
- M. Dresbach:
Elliptical human red corpuscles. Science, Washington, 1904,19: 469-470.
- R. A. Cooper:
Hereditary elliptocytosis and related disorders.
In: W. J. Williams, E. Beutler, A. J. Erslev, M. A. Lichtheim, editors: Hematology. 3rd edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1983, pp. 553-556.
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