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. 2004 Sep;89(9):809–812. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.034587

Hereditary spherocytosis; new guidelines

P Bolton-Maggs
PMCID: PMC1763196  PMID: 15321852

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 Schematic presentation of the structural organisation of red cell cytoskeleton. ß Spectrin is the key component in that it pairs with α spectrin to form a heterodimer, and it has binding sites for ankyrin and protein 4.1. The common protein defects are associated with spectrin (α and/or ß), ankyrin, band 3 protein, and protein 4.1.

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