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Query: UMLS:C0032463 (
polycythemia vera
)
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Acquired erythrocyte
pyruvate kinase deficiency
may appear as a symptom secondary to various hematologic disorders, e.g. acute leukemia, sideroblastic anemia,
polycythemia vera
. The case of a 68-year-old patient with PK deficiency (1.75 U/g Hb) and severe hemolytic anemia is presented, who 1 year later showed acute myeloid leukemia. It is considered that a dialysable inhibiting factor may play a pathogenetic role in this enzyme change since enzyme activity was raised by dialysis. A survey of the literature is presented.
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PMID:Acquired pyruvate kinase deficiency with hemolysis in preleukemia. 40 63
