Inherited erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency: Studies on 15 members of two related families.
PMID 190844 · Acta haematologica · 1977 · DOI 10.1159/000207858
Authors: M Dachà; F Canestrari; M Bossù; P L Ferrini; G Fornaini
Abstract
The case of a haemolytic non-spherocytic anaemia with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is reported. The investigation concerns two families with a low level of PK. In the propositus and in the members of his family we have also examined the behaviour of some enzymes and the concentration of red cell metabolites. We confirm the heterogeneity of the manifestation and agree that anaemias due to PK deficiency are complex forms in which the enzyme defect is only one of the symptoms.
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital Nonspherocytic; Erythrocytes; Female; Fructose-Bisphosphatase; Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; Glutathione Reductase; Hexokinase; Humans; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; Male; Pedigree; Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; Pyruvate Kinase
Cite
M Dachà; F Canestrari; M Bossù; P L Ferrini; G Fornaini. Inherited erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency: Studies on 15 members of two related families. Acta haematologica (1977). PMID 190844. DOI 10.1159/000207858.