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Megakaryocytic maturation - 2.

Megakaryocytic maturation - 2.
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Author: Peter Maslak
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Morphologic variants of platelets (cross-reference with specific diagnoses when appropriate > Megakaryocytes
Published Date: 12/01/2010

Mature megakaryocytes have a granular cytoplasm with a complex, multilobulated nucleus resulting from the process of endomitosis or nuclear endoreduplication. The relative large size of the cell can be contrasted with the surrounding myeloid elements.


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