Author: Dr. Harry Gruenspan

What is the Shenlein-Genoch Disease? Hemorrhagic vasculitis is one of the most common hemorrhagic diseases, based on multiple microthrombuscovulitis, which affects the vessels of the skin and internal organs. The disease is often found in

What is Hereditary Elliptocytosis? Hereditary elliptocytosis (synonym – ovalocytosis) is a hereditary deterministic disease transmitted by an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. The erythrocyte anomaly that develops is characterized by a disorder of the structure

What is Partial Red Cell Aplasia? Partial red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a syndrome with a sharp suppression of red blood cell production, isolated normochromic anemia, and deep reticulocytopenia. For the first time, PRCA described

What is Cytostatic Disease? Cytostatic disease is a kind of polysyndromic disease that occurs in connection with the action of cytostatic factors on the body and is characterized by the death of cells in the

What is Fanconi Anemia? The disease was described by Fankoni in 1927 in 3 children in the same family. Since that time, many family cases have been described. Causes of Fanconi Anemia Inheritance of the

What is Thalassemia? Under the thalassemia understand a group of hereditary diseases, manifested by a violation of the synthesis of any of the globin chains. With this form of pathology, hypochromic anemia is noted with

What is Erythremia? Erythremia is a chronic leukemia with a lesion at the level of the cell – the precursor of myelopoiesis with the tumor’s unlimited growth of this cell, which has retained the ability

What is Chronic Myeloid Leukemia? Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) ranks third among all leukemia. It accounts for about 20% of cases of blood cancer. Currently, over 3 thousand patients are registered in Russia. The smallest