Severe hereditary spherocytosis and distal renal tubular acidosis associated with the total absence of band 3

Absence of band 3, associated with the mutation Coimbra (V488M) in the homozygous state, caused severe hereditary spherocytosis in a young child. Although prenatal testing was made available to the parents, it was declined. Because the fetus stopped moving near term, an emergency cesarean section wa...

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