Case 1. A 17-year-old boy was admitted to Walter Reed General Hospital for repair of an ostium-primum defect of the interatrial septum with an associated cleft mitral valve and mitral insufficiency.

CHRONIC lymphocytic leukemia and malignant lymphomas of the lymphocytic and follicular types may be relatively prolonged, benign diseases. They are inevitably fatal, however, and the final years are ...

It's a blood test that measures the amount of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in your body. G6PD is an enzyme that helps your red blood cells work properly. If your G6PD level is too low, you ...

Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia and Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Cancer The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this manuscript. All relationships are considered ...

Testing newborns to determine who are most at risk from jaundice is no easy task at present--often requiring repeated heel sticks to monitor bilirubin levels as they change during the first weeks of ...

It refers to the process whereby red blood cells rupture and their contents leak out into the bloodstream. Hemolysis can happen in vivo or in vitro, the first being linked to medical conditions, and ...