Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

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Synonyms

Nonspherocytic Hemolytic Anemia, Congenital with low PK Kinetics

Disorder Subdivisions

None

General Discussion

Red cell pyruvate kinase deficiency is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme pyruvate kinase. Physical findings associated with the disorder may include reduced levels of oxygen-carrying hemoglobulin in the blood due to premature destruction of red blood cells (hemolytic anemia); abnormally increased levels of bilirubin in the blood (hyperbilirubinemia); abnormal enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly); and/or other abnormalities. Pyruvate kinase deficiency is inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait. It is one of a group of diseases known as hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemias. (Nonspherocytic refers to the fact that the red blood cells do not assume a spherical shape, as they do with some blood disorders.)

Resources

Lactic Acidosis Support Trust
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NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
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Email: gardinfo@nih.gov
Internet: http://www.genome.gov/10000409

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Last Updated: 3/31/2008
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Last Updated: March 31, 2008

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