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Title: mchc Post by: vertigo on February 24, 2007, 02:26:50 AM Does anyone know if a high mchc is a result of thal. minor. I have read that a "high" number is referred to spherocytosis. Is spherocytosis common to thal minor or is it a completely different condition? thanks, angie
Title: Re: mchc Post by: Andy Battaglia on February 24, 2007, 03:17:37 AM Thal causes a lowered MCHC. A high count is one sign of spherocytosis, but is most often the result of the testing of the blood. Warming of the blood will often result in a more accurate result.
Spherocytosis is a completely separate condition from thalassemia but like many things can occasionally co-exist with thal. |