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Abstract
The attribution of a haemolytic element to the anaemia in bilharziasis was proposed by many investi- gators. Erythrocyte sequestration in an enlarged bil-
harzial spleen, membrane alterations due to coating of the red cells with immunoglobulins and modulation
of haemoglobin type by the schistosoma worm were all
mechanisms postulated to explain the shortened red
cell life span found in schistosomiasis.
The hypothesis that the anaemia in schistoso_
miasis might in part be related to a lesion of the
erythrocyte membrane or the enzymes of the red cells
leading to shortened red cell life span was studied in the present work.
The study comprised 75 subjects, 25 as normal controls and 50 patients represented different groups hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. The bilharzial
patients were divided into five groups I: Group of early active intestinal schistoso_
miasis.
II: Hepatomegalic group.
Hepatosplenomegalic group.
IV: Splenomegalic group.
V: Group of advanced hepatic fibrosis with
ascites.