The English Wikipedia article "Hereditary spherocytosis", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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Wikipedia: Hereditary spherocytosis
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Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a congenital hemolytic disorder wherein a genetic mutation coding for a structural membrane protein phenotype causes the red blood cells to be sphere-shaped and rigid (spherocytosis), rather than the normal biconcave disk shape.
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