Rao A, Onuora C U, Cherian A
Department of Chemical Pathology, A.B.U. Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
Clin Chim Acta. 1987 Sep 15;168(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/0009-8981(87)90259-2.
The effect of the non-ionic detergent Nonidet P40 on lysis of erythrocytes in children suffering from kwashiorkor was studied. The concentration of the detergent causing 50% haemolysis was significantly reduced in these patients. Detergent haemolysis was more sensitive than osmotic fragility (which was reduced). The abnormality was only slight in marasmic children.