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The effect of iron overload on red blood cell morphology

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1 The effect of iron overload on red blood cell morphology
Dr Prof Etheresia Pretorius, PhD, Natasha Vermeulen, BSc, Janette Bester, MSc, Jeanette L du Plooy, MSc, George S Gericke, MD  The Lancet  Volume 383, Issue 9918, (February 2014) DOI: /S (13) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure Abnormal red blood cell morphology
(A) Whole blood light microscopy smear of 76-year-old man with the H63D haemochromatosis-associated allele (40x magnification). (B) Scanning electron microscopy micrograph showing a red blood cell at high magnification. (C) A red blood cell from a healthy individual showing a typical discoid RBC. The Lancet  , DOI: ( /S (13) ) Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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