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Hemolytic Anemia and Somatic Cell Dysfunction in Severe Hypophosphatemia
John C. Klock, MD;
Hibbard E. Williams, MD;
William C. Mentzer, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1974;134(2):360-364.
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The syndrome of phosphorus depletion became widely recognized following the description by Lotz et al1 of hypophosphatemia in patients undergoing prolonged therapy with antacids. Since their description, others have reported similar cases of hypophosphatemia due to therapy with antacids in patients with uremia,2,3 in patients receiving intravenous hyperalimentation without phosphorus supplementation,4-6 and in the debilitated and starved patient.7 The clinical and laboratory findings in these patients included confusion, weakness, anorexia, malaise, paresthesias,1-3,6,7 electroencephalographic and electromyographic changes,3 altered hemoglobin-oxygen affinity,2,4,5 changes in the concentrations of erythrocyte organic phosphates and glycolytic intermediates,2,4,5,7 and, more recently, hemolytic anemia with rigid red blood cells (RBC).7 Metabolic studies in a severely hypophosphatemic patient are presented herein to support the concept that a generalized inhibition of glycolysis and glycogenolysis with subsequent depletion of energy stores may underly the manifestations of severe hypophosphatemia.
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A 47-year-old chronic
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Author Affiliations
San Francisco
From the Medical and Pediatric Services, San Francisco General Hospital, and the departments of medicine and pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 26, 1973; accepted April 9.
Reprint requests to Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94122 (Dr. Klock).
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