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Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Paroxysmal Hemoglobinuria

Scope note

  • A condition characterized by the recurrence of HEMOGLOBINURIA caused by intravascular HEMOLYSIS. In cases occurring upon cold exposure (paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria), usually after infections, there is a circulating antibody which is also a cold hemolysin. In cases occurring during or after sleep (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria), the clonal hematopoietic stem cells exhibit a global deficiency of cell membrane proteins.

History note

  • 78; was MARCHIAFAVA-MICHELI SYNDROME 1963-77

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • haemoglobinuria nocturna
  • haemoglobinuria paroxysmalis nocturna
  • kohtauksittainen hemoglobiinivirtsaisuus
  • kohtauksittainen verenpunavirtsaisuus
  • kohtauksittainen yöllinen hemoglobiinivirtsaisuus
  • kohtauksittainen yöllinen verenpunavirtsaisuus
  • Marchiafava
  • Marchiafava-Micheli
  • Marchiafava-Michelin tauti
  • Marchiafavan tauti
  • paroksysmaalinen nokturnaalinen hemoglobinuria
  • paroxysmal nattlig hemoglobinuri (Marchiafava-Micheli)
  • PNH
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006457

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