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Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency: Multimedia
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![]() | Media file 1: The Embden-Meyerhof pathway. |
![]() | Media file 2: Pyruvate kinase in the Embden-Meyerhof pathway. |
![]() | Media file 3: Peripheral blood smear in a child with splenectomy and pyruvate kinase deficiency. |
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Keywords
pyruvate kinase deficiency, PK deficiency, PKD, congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia type II, CNSHA type II, hereditary spherocytosis, HS, adenosine triphosphate, ATP, hemolysis, 2, 3-diphosophoglycerate, 2, 3-DPG, PK-deficient reticulocytes, bilirubin level, anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ITP, immune hemolysis, anaerobic glycolytic pathway, lactate, hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation curve, splenectomy, hyperbilirubinemia, nonimmune hydrops fetalis, jaundice, splenomegaly, gallbladder stones, exercise tolerance, fulminating infections






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