PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS IN 4 MEMBERS OF A FAMILY

Authors
ALANI FSS DYER T HINDLE E NEWSOME DA ORMEROD LP MAHONEY MP
Citation
Fss. Alani et al., PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS IN 4 MEMBERS OF A FAMILY, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(828), 1994, pp. 749-751
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
828
Year of publication
1994
Pages
749 - 751
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:828<749:PAWHSI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Pseudohyperkalaemia was detected in four members of a family all of wh om have hereditary spherocytosis with normal white blood cells and pla telets counts. The degree of pseudohyperkalaemia was related to the ti me between sampling and cell separation, and inversely related to the temperature in which the sample was left to stand before cell separati on. A fifth member of this family was free from both conditions. The a ssociation suggests linkage at a membrane level.