Pyruvate kinase deficiency also called erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency is an inherited metabolic disorder of the enzyme pyruvate kinase which affects the survival of red blood cells and causes them to deform into echinocytes (burr cells) on peripheral blood smears.
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