[A melanesian smile…].

Ann Biol Clin (Paris)

Laboratoire, HIA Clermont Tonnerre, Brest, France.

Published: July 2014

We have detected an ovalo-stomatocytosis in a military 24-years-old man. We have sent a blood specimen to haematology laboratory in Kremlin-Bicetre (France) to test ektacytometry. The test concludes to an asymptomatic Melanesian ovalocytosis.

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