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Poikilocytosis: types of red blood cells

Smear · Anemias

Poikilocytes - Red blood cell types, including elliptocyte, spherocyte, stomatocyte, schistocyte, tear drop cell (dacrocyte), sickle cell, burr cell (echinocyte), spur cell (acanthocyte) and target cell (codocyte).
Poikilocytes - Red blood cell types, including elliptocyte, spherocyte, stomatocyte, schistocyte, tear drop cell (dacrocyte), sickle cell, burr cell (echinocyte), spur cell…

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Category
Anemias
Difficulty
advanced
Type
Micrography

Origin: Ed Uthman , S Bhimji and Mikael Häggström , M.D. Author info - Reusing images - Conflicts of interest: None Mikael Häggs · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · License CC BY 4.0

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