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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Laboratory Findings==
==Laboratory Findings==
* In a [[peripheral blood smear]], the abnormally small [[red blood cell]]s lacking the central pallor as seen in [[spherocytosis|non-hereditary spherocytosis]] is typically more marked in hereditary spherocytosis.
===Red cell indices===
* [[Reticulocytosis]]
* [[Reticulocytosis]]
* Decreased [[mean corpuscular volume]]
* Decreased [[mean corpuscular volume]]
* Increased [[mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration]]
* Increased [[mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration]]
* Increased [[red cell distribution width]]
* Increased [[red cell distribution width]]
===Peripheral blood smear===
* In a [[peripheral blood smear]], the abnormally small [[red blood cell]]s lacking the central pallor as seen in [[spherocytosis|non-hereditary spherocytosis]] is typically more marked in hereditary spherocytosis.


==References==
==References==

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