How will next generation sequencing (NGS) improve the diagnosis of congenital hemolytic anemia?

UOC Ematologia, UOS Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy Correspondence to: Paola Bianchi, BSc, PhD. UOC Ematologia, UOS Fisiopatologia delle Anemie, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122 Milan, Italy. Email: paola.bianchi@policlinico.mi.it. Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the Editorial Office, Annals of Translational Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review. Comment on: Xue J, He Q, Xie X, et al. Clinical utility of targeted gene enrichment and sequencing technique in the diagnosis of adult hereditary spherocytosis. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:527.

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