TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hereditary Spherocytosis, Elliptocytosis, and Related Disorders A1 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 - Kipps, Thomas J. A1 - Prchal, Josef T. A1 - Levi, Marcel M. PY - 2011 T2 - Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e AB - The erythrocyte membrane accounts for 1 percent of total weight of the red cell.It plays an integral role in the maintenance of erythrocyte integrity.The lipid bilayer of the membrane and its associated skeletal proteins provide the flexibility, durability, and tensile strength for the erythrocyte to undergo large deformations during repeated passages through narrow microcirculatory channels. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126651347 ER -