- Most common congenital form of hemolytic anemia in patients of Northern European descent.
- RBCs are spherical, osmotically fragile with reduced lifespan.
- Reduced amount of functional spectrin or other RBC membrane proteins.
- Treatment: Splenectomy.
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate is decreased in patients with Hereditary Spherocytosis
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