title: Echinocytes in families with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: The results of the present investigation have failed to confirm the suggestion that there is a significant increase in the proportion of echinocytes in preparation of fresh erythrocytes in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and heterozygous carriers of this disorder.
mesh_terms: D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D014960:X Chromosome