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Osmotic fragility of erythrocytes in Bolivian and Brazilian squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri sciureus )
Author(s) -
Mensack Steven,
George Jeanne,
Cornelius Charles
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1991.tb00542.x
Subject(s) - saimiri sciureus , squirrel monkey , erythrocyte fragility , fragility , physiology , biology , endocrinology , medicine , anatomy , chemistry , hemolysis
Median corpuscular fragility of erythrocytes does not differ significantly between fed and fasted Bolivian and Brazilian squirrel monkeys and are similar to values reported in humans and rhesus monkeys. This report further confirms that the fasting hyperbilirubinemia present only in Bolivian squirrel monkeys with a Gilbert‐like syndrome is not due to an increased fragility of erythrocytes and should be classified as a nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia.