pyrimidine 5' nucleotidase deficiency hemolytic anemia; P5N deficiency
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Pathology
- hemolytic anemia
- implicated in the anemia of lead poisoning
Genetics
- autosomal recessive condition
- caused by defects in NT5C3/NT5C3A gene
Clinical manifestations
- hemolytic anemia
- possibly associated with learning difficulties
Laboratory
- peripheral smear
- high concentrations of pyrimidine nucleotides within erythrocytes