Autohemolysis test

Normal human blood after incubation at 37 ° C for 24 to 48 hours will gradually produce slight hemolysis, but hereditary hemolysis can be significantly enhanced by hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary non-spherical red cell hemolytic anemia. After adding glucose or ATP, or get different degrees of correction. Therefore, it can be used for the differential diagnosis of certain hemolytic anemia.

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