Rare Anemias: Are Their Names Just Smoke and Mirrors?

Front Physiol. 2021 Jun 10:12:690604. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.690604. eCollection 2021.

Greta Simionato^{1

2}, Richard van Wijk³, Stephan Quint^{2

4}, Christian Wagner^{2

5}, Paola Bianchi⁶, Lars Kaestner^{2

7}

¹ Institute for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, Campus University Hospital, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
² Experimental Physics, Dynamics of Fluids Group, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
³ Central Diagnostic Laboratory - Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁴ Cysmic GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany.
⁵ Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
⁶ Fondazione Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Unità Operativa Complessa Ematologia, Unità Operativa Semplice Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Milan, Italy.
⁷ Theoretical Medicine and Biosciences, Campus University Hospital, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gárdos channelopathy; dehydrated stomatocytosis; hereditary spherocytosis; hereditary xerocytosis; rare anemias; red cell morphology.