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Elliptocytosis
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The presence of elliptical, cigar-shaped erythrocytes on peripheral blood smear. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16304353 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21250106 ]
Term info
Label
Elliptocytosis
Synonyms
- Ovalocytes
- Ovalocytosis
comment
Elliptocytes (ovalocytes) are abnormal erythrocytes ranging from slightly oval to elongated cigar-shaped forms.
created by
peter
creation date
2008-03-18T10:05:00Z
has alternative id
HP:0004837
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Hereditary elliptocytosis, Elliptocyte
id
HP:0004445