"Osmotic Fragility" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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RED BLOOD CELL sensitivity to change in OSMOTIC PRESSURE. When exposed to a hypotonic concentration of sodium in a solution, red cells take in more water, swell until the capacity of the cell membrane is exceeded, and burst.
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D009996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.625.550 E05.200.625.550 G09.188.640
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osmotic Fragility" by people in Profiles.
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Spleen cell population changes and hemolytic anemia in F344 rats with large granular lymphocyte leukemia. Vet Pathol. 1990 Nov; 27(6):397-403.
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Association of red cell spherocytosis with deletion of the short arm of chromosome 8. Blood. 1987 Jan; 69(1):156-9.