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What Is It Mean By PNH ?

paroxymal nocturral Hemoglobinuia ( PNH ) what that it means ?
Wed, 20 Jan 2010
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It is a type of hemolytic anemia and the blood is being lost in urine as a result of hemolysis in the body. So Hb levels go down. It is an inherited disorder and intravascular hemolysis occurs in the night as a result the hemoglobin in excreted in the urine.
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What Is It Mean By PNH ?

It is a type of hemolytic anemia and the blood is being lost in urine as a result of hemolysis in the body. So Hb levels go down. It is an inherited disorder and intravascular hemolysis occurs in the night as a result the hemoglobin in excreted in the urine.