Synonyms: Minkowski-Chauffard disease
Hereditary spherocytosis is a congenital hemolytic anemia with a wide clinical spectrum (from symptom-free carriers to severe hemolysis) characterized by anemia variable jaundice splenomegaly and cholelithiasis.
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