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Dileep Kumar, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
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2013
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Sialic acid, a nine-carbon sugar, is an acetylated derivative of neuraminic acid predominantly found in vertebrates, a few higher invertebrates, and certain types of bacteria. Red blood cells (RBCs) have a net negative surface charge and this bulk charge is due to ionized sialic acid. Decreased surf