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Hemolytic Anemia (0 words) |
 | Hemolytic anemia is sometimes caused by a vitamin E deficiency. |
| When these anemias are present without any accompanying disease or disorder, it is possible that the membrane surface of the RBC is expressing a new protein (antigen) not made elsewhere in the body and therefore, not recognized as part of the normal self. |
| Hemolytic anemia caused by an Rh factor: This incompatability occurs when an Rh negative mother develops antibodies against the Rh positive blood of the fetus towards the end of her pregnancy. |
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WSAVA 2001 - Diagnosis of Hemolytic Anemias (2418 words) |
| Hemolytic anemia may develop upon exposure to several parasitic, bacterial and viral agents due to the direct action of the infecting agent or its products on erythrocytes. |
| In addition to myopathy and cardiac and neurologic dysfunction, acute hemolytic anemia, characterized by a rapid drop in PCV and mild intravascular lysis and Heinz body formation is observed in animals with hypophosphatemia. |
| A diagnosis of microangiopathic hemolysis, which is often subclinical and only rarely causes overt intravascular hemolytic anemia, is made by identifying the triggering condition and the characterization of schistocytes (shizocytes). |
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