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==Overview==
==Overview==
Hemolytic anemia is anemia caused secondary to shortened survival of circulating red blood cells. The normal life span of RBCs is 110 to 120 days RBC destruction below that time is defined as hemolytic anemia.
[[Hemolytic anemia]] is [[anemia]] caused secondary to shortened survival of circulating red blood cells. The normal life span of RBCs is 110 to 120 days. RBC destruction before that time is defined as hemolytic anemia.


==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==

Revision as of 13:40, 25 September 2012


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Hemolytic anemia is anemia caused secondary to shortened survival of circulating red blood cells. The normal life span of RBCs is 110 to 120 days. RBC destruction before that time is defined as hemolytic anemia.

Laboratory Findings

(Images shown below are courtesy of Melih Aktan MD, Istanbul Medical Faculty - Turkey, and Hospital Universitario La Fe Servicio Hematologia)

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