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Question: Hereditary Elliptocytosis Presentation? I need to do a short, creative presentation on hereditary elliptocytosis. Any ideas?
I am okay with material, it's the creativeness that is getting me. I would like to incorporate some treats into it because that is always fun but really anything works.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Answer: Bring in case studies.
Question: Hereditary elliptocytosis help? My doctor told me I have hereditary elliptocytosis, but he didn't go into much detail about it. What can I do about it & are there any foods that I should stay away from?
Answer: try webmd.com. it's quite useful
Question: what is elliptocytosis?
Answer: A relatively rare hereditary abnormality of red blood cells in which more than half of the cells are rod forms and elliptocytes. It is often associated with hemolytic anemia. Also called ovalocytosis
Question: Is sjogrens syndrome connected to hereditary elliptocytosis? My mother had sjogrens syndrome and i have got hereditary elliptocytosis and haemolysis is this connected to sjogrens syndrome
Answer: Those two conditions appear to be unrelated.
Question: Please solve this genetic problem? The presence of one of the Rh antigens on the surface of the red blood cells (Rh+) in human is produced by a dominant gene R, the negative cells are produced by the recessive genotype rr. Oval shaped erythrocytes ( elliptocytosis) are caused by a dominant gene E, its recessive allele, e produces normal red blood cells. A man with elliptocytosis, whose mother had normally shaped erythrocytes and a homozygous RH positive genotype and whose father was Rh negative and heterozygous for elliptocytosis, marries a normal Rh negative woman:
(a) what is the genotype of the man and the woman he marries? (b) What are the probabilities of the offspring they can can have and what ratios? (c) What is the probability of their first child being Rh negative and elliptocytotic? (d) If their first child is Rh positive, what is the chance that it will also be elliptocytotic?
Answer: First, determine the genotypes of the man's parents. Using this information and the information given about the man, figure out the man's genotype. There is only one genotype he can have. Given the information on his wife, there is only one genotype she can have. Then, make a punnett square and figure out all the different genotypes and phenotypes their children could have. You should be able to get the statistics/probabilities/ratios from this. Hope this gets you started.
Question: what is elliptocytosis?
Answer: A relatively rare hereditary abnormality of red blood cells in which more than half of the cells are rod forms and elliptocytes. It is often associated with hemolytic anemia. Also called ovalocytosis
