Red cells acquiring a reduced surface area from losing unsupported membrane because of a deficiency of skeletal proteins describes hereditary:
a. Spherocytosis
b. Stomatocytosis
c. Pyropoikilocytosis
d. Acanthocytosis
ANS: A
Hereditary spherocytosis has membrane protein deficiencies that result in an unsupported red cell membrane. This leads to a reduced surface area.
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