Haptoglobin helps diagnose the HELLP syndrome.
In a case of the HELLP syndrome, anemia was absent, and bilirubin and lactic dehydrogenase levels were normal. In combination with minimal microangiopathic changes in red cell morphology, a decrease in serum haptoglobin was useful to corroborate the presence of intravascular hemolysis.
Department of Medicine, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood*; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood*
D006242:Haptoglobins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001663:Bilirubin