Lymphocyte subpopulations and autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR) studied in 13 hereditary sphereocytosis and 21 postsplenectomy patients; the operation was performed because of hereditary spherocytosis. Significant increases of Th cells and the Th/Ts ratio have been noted in children with hereditary spherocytosis. Splenectomy because of spherocytosis has resulted in an increase in Ts cell number and diminution of Th/Ts ratio. Hereditary spherocytosis patients showed both diminished natural killer cell activity and AMLR proliferation. Splenectomy normalized the above parameters. The presented data demonstrated disturbances in T lymphocyte number and functions both before and after splenectomy in children with hereditary spherocytosis.

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