A Patient Is Suspected of Having HS

question 19

Multiple Choice

A patient is suspected of having HS.However there appear to be less than 1% spherocytes on the peripheral blood smear and the osmotic fragility test is normal.What test could be performed to increase the sensitivity of testing for HS?

• A)Incubated osmotic fragility test
• B)Immunophenotyping for CD55 and CD59
• C)Sucrose hemolysis test
• D)Ham test

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