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Haemolytic anaemia due to red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency

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Link to WHO Definition

Haemolytic anaemia due to red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/336454961

Haemolytic anaemia due to red cell pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a metabolic disorder characterised by a variable degree of chronic nonspherocytic haemolytic anaemia. PK deficiency is the most frequent cause of congenital nonspherocytic haemolytic anaemia.