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A New Variant of Erythrocyte Pyruvate Kinase – PK ‘Maebashi’
Author(s) -
Kubota Kazuo,
Moteki Masaki,
Omine Mitsuhiro,
Tsuchiya Jun,
Maekawa Tadashi,
Miwa Shiro
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1975.tb02423.x
Subject(s) - pyruvate kinase deficiency , pyruvate kinase , jaundice , enzyme , biochemistry , biology , chemistry , medicine , glycolysis
A new case of erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency was described. – A 9‐year‐old male patient was hospitalized because of anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. Diagnosis was made primarily on the basis of the erythrocyte enzyme studies. Because the pyruvate kinase of this patient demonstrated certain different characteristics from the other variants described previously, it was tentatively designated PK ‘Maebashi’.