A 3-Year-Old Boy Is Brought to the Physician with Jaundice

A 3-year-old boy is brought to the physician with jaundice and pallor.  He was adopted and his family history is unknown.  Laboratory studies show anemia, reticulocytosis, and increased indirect bilirubin.  A peripheral blood smear shows red blood cells without central pallor.  This patient is most likely to have which of the following additional findings?

A) Decreased lactate dehydrogenase
B) Increased haptoglobin
C) Increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
D) Increased mean corpuscular volume
E) Red blood cell inclusions

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