title: Case report: Hypophosphatemic hemolytic syndrome of alcoholics--a common city hospital problem.
abstract: This report describes three male alcoholics with acute hemolytic anemia secondary to hypophosphatemia who were seen within one year at a large city hospital. The basic etiologic association between low serum phosphorus and hemolytic disease was not initially appreciated in each instance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates